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THIS is the moment the IDF spokesperson descends 65ft into the Gaza tunnels where six Israeli hostages were brutally murdered by Hamas.
Footage shows Daniel Hagari entering the sprawling tunnel where the group was held captive for almost a year in horrific conditions.
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X/IDFAlmog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi and Hersh Goldberg-Polin were kept in the narrow Gaza tunnel with little food or air, an investigation into their deaths revealed.
Hunched-over Hagari can be seen entering the cramped tunnel sealed by an iron door, as he shows blood on the ground, bullets and scattered clothes.
He says that the tunnel shaft was underneath a children’s room in a house as he shows Mickey Mouse and Snow White on the shattered wall.
He explains that Hamas used ladders to reach the six hostages about 65ft below the ground.
They were able to access the tiny shaft after breaking a hidden floor and using four ladders that were connected to the narrow tunnel.
The tunnel was so low, about 5.6ft high, that hostages were not able to stand upright and ended in a blocked iron door.
An investigation into the hostages’ death found they had trouble breathing without any air vents and had no toilet or shower.
They reportedly washed with the same water they drank from out of bottles given to them by their Hamas captors.
The IDF estimates between two to six Hamas thugs were in the tunnel with them – as Hagari shows magazines and AK-47 magazine chargers.
The IDF also found empty bottles, a hairbrush, plastic bags and women’s clothes.
Hagari says: “This is the blood of Hersh, Eden, Carmel, Ori, Almog and Alex.
“They were heroes and they were here in this tunnel for weeks or days – we will find out.
“They were here in this tunnel in horrific conditions, where there is no air to breathe, where you cannot stand.
“And they survived but they were murdered by terrorists – and there are still hostages.”
The tunnel had a generator and a small, faulty torch as well as a chess set, notepads and pens used by the hostages.
The group of six spent about ten months in the tunnel after they were abducted during the October 7 massacre.
They were killed 48 to 72 hours before the IDF reached the underground tunnel on August 31.
The brave group were shot multiple times from close range, an autopsy by the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute found.
According to a Channel 13 report, the brave hostages tried to fight off Hamas in their final moments.
The IDF found protein bars in the tunnel but concluded that the hostages were given very little food.
Eden Yerushalmi weighed just 36kg, or 80lbs, by the time she was killed.
The footage was filmed by the military last Friday as a forensic team investigated the hostage deaths and was released to the public after it had been viewed by their families and the Israeli security cabinet.
The death of the six hostages sparked outrage and an outpouring of grief in Israel with protests erupting across the country as people took it to the streets and clashed with riot police.
They are calling for a hostage-ceasefire negotiation like the one secured in November last year when 100 hostages were released to Israel.
But hopes for a deal appear to be at an all-time low with Channel 12 citing Israeli negotiators who say the chances of an agreement are “close to zero”.
Around 100 hostages remain in Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed dead.
The Hostages Families Forum, a group representing relatives of hostages, said in a statement that time is running out and called for an immediate deal to return those kidnapped.
“Every day that passes is a danger to their lives, hanging by a thread, at the mercy of terrorists capable of the worst crimes against humanity,” the group said.
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The group was forced to spend almost a year in the tunnel
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