Gabriel Chaim shows a tunnel that Hamas used to attack an Israeli military base
The documentary filmmaker Gabriel Chaim was the one first Brazilian to enter Gaza Strip during the war between Israel and Hamas. He received permission from the Israeli army to visit the border wreckage in the very week that two soldiers kidnapped by Hamas were recovered dead.
Chaim was in the north of the Gaza Strip, on the border with Eretz. From there it was possible to see the destruction exactly where it was only border crossing for thousands of Palestinians working in Israel. Israel's Defense Ministry said more than 800,000 people traveled through the region in 2022 alone.
A military base visited by Chaim was the target of attacks that began on October 7. The rooms and entrances were destroyed. Colonel Moshe Tetro reported the attack and admitted how unpleasant it was to return to his job and see it destroyed.
“They threw mortars, rockets and hand grenades through the roof. It’s not easy for me to stay here in this place where I worked.”
Two young soldiers were working at the border post kidnapped by terrorists on the day the conflict broke out. They were found this week after being killed by Hamas. Their bodies were brought to Israel.
Chaim visited one of the tunnels through which the terrorists reached the border post they attacked. Israeli intelligence had already identified the strategy for using the tunnelsbut the structure visited by the documentary filmmaker was covered in sand and could only recently be found.
The Brazilian journalist and photographer entered the tunnel on the instructions of the Israeli army along with other press professionals. At more than 4 km long, this was the largest tunnel discovered to date. The area is currently being protected from the outside by military personnel.
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