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| Israel Charges Second Hamas Teen Tunneller | |
| 2016-06-06 | |
| [An Nahar] Israeli prosecutors charged a Gazoo teenager Sunday with membership of the military wing of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason,, after he was said to have provided information about the group's tunnel network, officials said. The Shin Bet security service said the 17-year-old had been placed in durance vile You have the right to remain silent... last month after crossing from the Gazoo Strip into Israel "on his own.". The suspect, who as a minor cannot be identified, was the second Gazook 17-year-old allegedly involved in tunnelling to be charged by Israel in a month. In addition to those two, another man, 29-year-old Mahmud Atawnah, was also charged over his alleged part in the myrmidon group's tunnel network in May. The Israeli army said the minor charged on Sunday was a member of the northern Gazoo "Beit Lahiya battalion of Hamas's military wing." "The perpetrator conveyed valuable information regarding Hamas activities in the northern Gazoo Strip and especially Hamas's offensive tunnels," a statement said. It alleged that "it was also revealed that Hamas is operating to establish multiple tunnels deep within the Gazoo Strip connected to the offensive tunnels infiltrating Israel." The suspect was charged at Beersheba district court in southern Israel for a series of felonies including "membership in a terror group, weapons offences and infiltrating Israel", a justice ministry spokeswoman told AFP.
Hamas, the prisoner said, is working to create a warren of tunnels under Gazoo for its fighters to enable them to traverse the length and breadth of the strip completely underground. The tunnels contain rooms and structures to be used for the benefit of Hamas Special Forces fighters. The majority of tunnel entrances are located in and around schools, mosques, and private homes, built with the knowledge that Israel is less likely to attack these structures. The Paleostinian also spoke to the Shin Bet about the courses he underwent alongside work he carried out with the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades brigades. | |
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