Another Israeli spokesman, Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, left on CNN and said the bodies were not found as a result of a “specific mission to release hostages,” but claimed the IDF “had some idea that hostages were being held in the area.”
But acclaimed investigative journalist Seymour Hersh wrote in a Substack article, “That account was only partially accurate.”
He said: “The presence of hostages in the tunnel was not known before an Israeli sapper team – a military unit made up of demolition experts whose mission is to destroy Hamas tunnels – came across a reinforced door, blew it open and found the door. bodies”.