Yoav Gallant says a photo used to claim the discovery of a massive tunnel in Gaza was staged to delay a prisoner deal and exaggerate military threats.
Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has acknowledged that a widely circulated photo released by the Israeli military—allegedly showing a large tunnel in the Philadelphi Corridor near the Gaza-Egypt border—was misleading.
According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), Gallant stated that the supposed tunnel never existed. What was actually discovered was a shallow trench only about one meter deep.
He said the photo was used to support claims about the existence of tunnels along the corridor, to exaggerate the strategic significance of the Philadelphi Road, and ultimately to stall progress on a prisoner exchange deal.
The image in question was first circulated last August by Israeli media, which described it as proof of a massive, multi-level tunnel allegedly built by Palestinian resistance groups.
At the time, it was hailed as a major discovery—a three-story tunnel said to be part of an extensive underground network that reportedly stunned Israeli troops.
Gallant has now revealed that the photo served a political purpose: to underscore the supposed threat posed by the Philadelphi Corridor and to justify military actions under the pretext of disrupting arms smuggling, despite the claim being unfounded.
In reality, the “tunnel” shown in the image was a standard drainage channel, and the military vehicle featured in the photo was simply positioned to enhance the illusion.
At the time of the photo’s publication, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that the army would not withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor, regardless of opposition from within Israel’s security and military establishments.
“We will not back down from our demand regarding the Philadelphi Corridor, and I do not care about the position of the security services,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying during a meeting with the families of the female soldiers.
(PC, AJA)
You mean the shady, scummy ZioNazis told a lie?????? i am shocked…SHOCKED!
said, no one ever…
of course they lied, and of course they literally cannot help themselves: they can not resist the urges to kill, maim, starve, rape…all the things we heard about Hamas have actually been committed by ” Israel “. No one trusts the Jews, they are considered to be the absolute dregs of society. Why? This is why. They won’t stop. Will no one stop them?
There’s an Australian humorous poem that seems to fit the IDF’s truthfulness to a T: “They’re all so flaming crooked that they can’t lay straight in bed”. A Trying Experience, by Anon.
How many of the lies that Israel tells must be exposed before those in power in the West realise that this unstable house of cards is based on a tissue of lies? How long do we need to keep telling them if you want peace in the Middle East stop arming Israel? How many more Palestinian people have to die without their screams affecting your conscience as Israel continues to flatten Gaza and settlers attack Palestinian families in their homes and steal their land? Mr Trump, it’s very easy, phone Netanyahu and say no more weapons. Keir Starmer, we see you and your duplicity. Time to go.
Now the next question is Why? What was the motive. Then I guess the next question will be Why.. then Why.. then eventually the answer will be “because we want to kill them all” or “Die Endlösung” Then the veil will be lifted.
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate for Mr Gallant to turn himself in quickly at ICJ for detailed disclosure of his involvement in Israel Gaza war crimes than resulting to few one-off disclosures in Israel where he is hanging on?
He, Netanyahu and co criminals threw everything but nuke at Gaza yet Gaza is still standing biidhniLLAH.
While the criminals would have to live on with guilt and shame pending their doomsday, Palestinians would live on with dignified hope from this war.
Verily, ALLAH azza wajal suffices for whosoever look up to him for help.
“and I do not care about the position of the security services” — Netanyahu’s channeling Baerbock:
Annalena Charlotte Alma Baerbock 2022 Sept 01, Foreign Affairs, Germany : “I don’t care what my German voters think. We are with Ukraine.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx8o-FbsmbU
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