IDF to change its combat tactics in Gaza tunnels to prevent murder of hostages
An initial IDF investigation revealed that the lookouts stationed outside the tunnel spotted IDF soldiers approaching them, which most likely prompted them to kill the hostages and leave the scene.
ISRAELI SOLDIERS walk, last week, through what the IDF said was an iron-girded tunnel designed by Hamas to disgorge carloads of Palestinian fighters for a surprise storming of the border, in the northern Gaza Strip.(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: