The operation against the tunnels is winding up anyway. We've destroyed -- located and destroyed those terra tunnels that allowed Hamas to send into Israel death squads to kill our people.
Mark Regev: “The operation against the tunnels is winding up anyway. We've destroyed -- located and destroyed those terra tunnels…”
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Mark Regev discusses the status of Israeli military operations against Hamas tunnels and expresses skepticism about the cease-fire holding.
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