Moment hundreds of stripped 'Hamas fighters' lined up on street after capture by Israel
Footage has emerged showing hundreds of Hamas fighters sitting on the ground after being captured or turning themselves into Israeli forces.
Israeli man allegedly killed by an Israeli Army reservist
New video shows dozens of stripped Hamas fighters after being captured by the Israeli army.
In clips circulating on social media, half-naked men are seen sitting down on an embattled Gaza street. In another image, a group is seen being taken away in the back of a truck, while a third is seen walking in a line.
The majority are nearly naked bar underclothes, several of them holding head in hands.
Channel 13 reporter Almog Boker captioned the video: "Extraordinary and dramatic documentation from Gaza: more than a hundred terrorists captured by IDF fighters.
"Some of them turned themselves in. were transferred to the Shin Bet investigation."
תיעוד יוצא דופן ודרמטי מעזה: יותר ממאה מחבלים שנתפסו על ידי לוחמי צהל. כמה מהם הסגירו את עצמם. הועברו לחקירה של שבכ. pic.twitter.com/o3XIpOkVOH
— almog boker (@bokeralmog) December 7, 2023
The IDF claimed the group was part of a contingent of Hamas militants who surrendered in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip.
However, residents have rejected the allegations and claimed Israeli forces had rounded up Palestinian civilians before removing them. Daily Express could not independently verify these claims.
The southern city has been at the centre of recent fights between Israeli forces and the extremist group, and is the target of multiple air raids.
The alleged mass surrender came after multiple casualties were reported in the area following a strike on a residential building.
Two months into the war, Israel's offensive into southern Gaza was bringing to Khan Younis the same fierce urban fighting and intensified bombardment that obliterated much of Gaza City and the north of the territory in recent weeks.
But in the south, the areas where Palestinians can seek safety are rapidly shrinking.
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Ahead of the assault, Israel urged residents to evacuate Khan Younis, the childhood home of two top Hamas leaders.
But much of the city's population remains in place, along with large numbers who were displaced from northern Gaza and are unable to leave or wary of fleeing to the disastrously overcrowded far south.
Israel's campaign has killed more than 16,200 people in Gaza — most of them women and children — and wounded more than 42,000, the territory’s Health Ministry said late Tuesday. The agency has said many are also trapped under rubble.
The ministry does not differentiate between civilian and combatant deaths.
Israel has vowed to fight on, saying it can no longer accept Hamas rule or the group's military presence in Gaza after the October 7 attack that triggered the war.
Hamas and other militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took captive some 240 people in that attack – 136 of whom still remain in Gaza.
