What it’s like inside the Hamas tunnels where six hostages were murdered

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner

Maj. (Ret.) John Spencer is an American army veteran who heads the Modern War Institute at the U.S. Military’s prestigious West Point Academy in New York State. His books and courses about fighting historic urban and tunnel wars have been widely quoted–he’s even interviewed Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu-who name dropped the former combat officer’s research during his speech to Congress in July. The Israel Defence Forces like his work so much, they’ve brought Spencer with them three times inside some of the captured Hamas tunnels under Gaza. Although Spencer wasn’t present last weekend when the IDF discovered the bodies of six executed hostages under Rafah, he understands why the IDF is now claiming the entrance to that tunnel was hidden in the bedroom of a Palestinian child’s room. Despite the heinous war crime that has rocked Israel and people around the world, Spence feels Israel is actually winning the war against Hamas. He’ll be speaking next week in Winnipeg (on Sept. 11) and in Toronto (on Sept. 12) at events sponsored by Tafsik and other pro-Israel groups. His topic? “The Myth of Genocide in Gaza”. John Spencer joins The CJN Daily to share his eyewitness accounts the terrorists’ tunnels, and why tunnels between Egypt and Gaza are what’s holding up a cease-fire deal that some believe could free the hostages.

What we talked about

• Learn more about Maj. (ret.) John Spencer and buy tickets to his speaking tour in Toronto on Sept. 12 and on Sept. 11 in Winnipeg.
• Watch the IDF spokesman video filmed outside a children’s bedroom leading to the Hamas tunnel where the six executed hostages’ bodies were found.
• Hear the advice for IDF troops going into the Gaza tunnels, from veterans of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, on The CJN Daily.

Credits

• Host and writer: Ellin Bessner (@ebessner) [e-mail]
• Production team: Zachary Kauffman (producer), Michael Fraiman (executive producer)
• Music: Dov Beck-Levine

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