Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answe

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Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
6 minute read
Updated 6:52 PM EST, Mon January 29, 2024

(CNN) — A large void fills the space where rows of graves once stood.

The gaping hole is all that is left after the Israeli military excavated the western side of the Bani Suheila cemetery, near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, claiming a Hamas tunnel ran directly through the site and that Hamas militants attacked Israeli troops from here.

A week after a CNN investigation found that the Israeli military damaged or destroyed at least 16 cemeteries in Gaza since the beginning of the war, the Israeli military invited CNN into Gaza to explain why it partially destroyed one of those cemeteries.

But Israeli commanders failed to prove their claim during a three-hour visit to the Bani Suheila cemetery and the surrounding area.

On Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) took CNN into a tunnel near the Bani Suheila cemetery and into an underground command center that the military said was below the cemetery.

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