Report: Rafah Tunnel Cells Taking Direct Orders From Hamas Command
A new report from Kan News indicates that the terrorists entrenched inside Rafah’s tunnel network are not acting on their own, but are maintaining steady contact with Hamas’ top military leadership, contradicting the group’s public claims.
According to a Palestinian Arab source cited in the report, the messaging coming from Hamas since the IDF positioned itself along the so-called “yellow line” has been misleading. Hamas has repeatedly insisted that the gunmen in Rafah are running their own operations without direction from the organization’s central command.
Kan News, however, emphasized that the opposite is true: every one of the terror squads bunkered in Rafah’s underground passages remains tied into Hamas’ senior chain of command. The outlet reported that this link was enabled after Hamas’ military brigades shifted their layout in response to the IDF’s establishment of a permanent line in the area.
With these adjustments, the Northern Gaza Brigade continues to operate out of Gaza City, while oversight of Rafah’s terrorist network now comes from Khan Yunis. The Rafah cells, the report explained, are receiving direct instructions from the brigade based in Khan Yunis, which in turn answers to the overarching leadership of Hamas’ military wing.
Even as this command structure remains intact, violence in Rafah persists. On Wednesday, three terrorists surfaced from a tunnel entrance and ambushed an IDF force, leaving one soldier in serious condition and injuring four more lightly or moderately. The unit fired back, killing two of the attackers. A helicopter later struck compounds nearby where the third terrorist, who escaped during the clash, was believed to be hiding.
{Matzav.com}
