The Occupation Claims to Have Assassinated and Arrested All Fighters of the Rafah Tunnel

The spokesperson for the occupation army claimed that all fighters belonging to the Al Qassam Brigades east of the city of Rafah, in the southern part of the Strip, were either assassinated or arrested, only hours after announcing the capture of six of them.

According to the spokesperson, the occupation forces killed eleven Palestinians and arrested six others from one of the tunnels in eastern Rafah during the past twenty four hours, declaring the conclusion of a file that had remained for weeks at the centre of discussions between the occupation, the United States administration, and the mediators.

There has been no comment from the Al Qassam Brigades regarding the claims, but the group stated in an earlier communiqué that the occupation bears full responsibility for engaging its fighters in areas the occupation forces control in Rafah, where the fighters are defending themselves. The Brigades denied the existence of any principle of surrender within their ranks.