Report: Netanyahu Denies ‘Free Passage’ to Hamas Terrorists Hiding in Tunnels Behind IDF Lines
Israel’s Defense Minister Katz urges Prime Minister Netanyahu to “give the order to destroy the surrounded terrorists.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied ‘safe passage’ to Hamas operatives hiding in terror tunnels within the Israeli ceasefire lines, media reports suggest. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t allow Hamas terrorists safe passage, stands firm in insistence on disarming Hamas, demilitarizing the Gaza Strip,” Arutz Sheva/Israel National News reported, citing government sources.
An estimated 200 Hamas terrorists are ‘stuck’ behind the Yellow Lines, which demarcates areas under Israeli military control under the Gaza ceasefire plan brokered by President Donald Trump. Terrorists inside the tunnels had apparently positioned themselves to carry out sneak attacks against Israeli troops and now find themselves ‘trapped’ on the wrong side of the ceasefire line.
According to Israeli media, Prime Minister Netanyahu is sticking to his decision despite diplomatic pressure from Washington.
The Times of Israel reported Monday evening:
Following reports on Monday that Israel was considering granting terrorists hiding in tunnels safe passage from Israeli-controlled areas of the Gaza Strip to the Hamas-run zone, a statement attributed to an “Israeli official” — often a euphemism for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office — said the premier “is not allowing safe passage for 200 Hamas terrorists.”
According to Israeli estimates, some 200 Hamas gunmen are currently located in the tunnels underneath the IDF-controlled parts of southern Gaza, especially in Rafah, and are unable to retreat to the Hamas-controlled areas without emerging from their tunnels and being spotted by Israeli troops.
Channel 12 news reported earlier on Monday that Israel would approve the fighters’ safe passage if they agreed to give up their weapons. (…)
After the Channel 12 initial report was met with heavy criticism from both sides of the political spectrum, the “Israeli official” vehemently denied that Netanyahu would grant such passage to Hamas operatives stuck in Rafah.
“The prime minister persists in his firm stance on the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of the Strip while eliminating terrorist threats to our forces,” said the official. (…)
Channel 12 reported later Monday that the United States is pressuring Israel to permit safe passage for the Hamas operatives, part of efforts to advance to the next stage of the emerging ceasefire framework based on Trump’s plan.
There is widespread support within Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government to eliminate terrorists entrenched in areas controlled by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), The Jerusalem Post observed:
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir appealed to Netanyahu to prevent this, demanding that all Hamas terrorists on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line be killed or imprisoned, his office confirmed.
“This is an opportunity to destroy or arrest [Hamas terrorists,] not to release them under ridiculous conditions,” he said.
Finance Minister Bezalal Smotrich denounced the reported plan, calling it “utter madness,” and calling on Netanyahu to stop it.
The family of Chief Sgt. First Class (res.) Yona “Efi” Efraim Feldbaum, who was murdered by Hamas terrorist sniper fire in Rafah on October 28, also called the idea “unthinkable.”
“It is unthinkable to allow the vile terrorists, the murderers of our best sons, to go free. Efi’s death was not in vain,” they stated.
“We call on Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz to stop the disgrace,” and to “give the order to destroy the surrounded terrorists,” they added.
“We will stand as a wall to stop the madness and ensure that the people of Israel receive the minimum required,” clarifying this is, in their view, the elimination of Hamas terrorists, and not allowing them to return to the battlefield as heroes praised by the terror group.
The news comes as Hamas continues to violate the ceasefire, trying to stage another attack on Israeli soldiers across the Yellow Line. Tuesday morning, “a terrorist was identified crossing the yellow line and approaching IDF soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip, posing an imminent threat to them,” the military said in a press release. “Shortly after identification, the terrorist was eliminated in order to remove the threat.”
Israeli “soldiers under the Southern Command remain deployed in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat,” the IDF statement added.
IDF hits another terror target in south Lebanon as Hezbollah tries to rebuild presence
A day after an IDF strike in southern Lebanon eliminated the commander of Hezbollah-Radwan Force, Israel reportedly struck a terrorist vehicle in the area, Arab media outlets reported on Tuesday.
The Israeli military warned on Monday that terrorists on the Lebanese side of the border “continued attempts to reestablish Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites.” Under the U.S.-backed ceasefire plan, Lebanon’s government must disarm Hezbollah and demilitarize the terrorist-infested country by the end of 2025, a prospect unlikely to be fulfilled.
مراسلة «#الأخبار»: إصابة مواطن جراء استهداف سيارة في #كفردجال pic.twitter.com/wLK2OJBQSe
— جريدة الأخبار – Al-Akhbar (@AlakhbarNews) November 4, 2025
The Times of Israel reported the latest IDF strike:
Lebanese media reports an Israeli drone strike targeting a car in the southern town of Kfar Dajjal, near Nabatieh.
At least one casualty is reported in the strike.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
In recent weeks, the IDF appears to have stepped up its strikes on Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, who Israel says are violating the terms of a November 2024 ceasefire.
Reports of extensive Israeli drone flights over southern Lebanon, the Beqaa and the mountainous regions.
The drone in the photo (and video from Zawtar, southern Lebanon) is an Elbit Hermes 450 ("Zik"), apparently armed. pic.twitter.com/fNsGaz31TB
— Leon Sverdlov (@Leon_Sverdlov) November 4, 2025
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Call in the cement pumpers and seal their fate, and send a strong message that round two will not be as humane as being encased in concrete.
Use argon or CO2. Cheaper and easier to transport.
Hydrogen Sulfide…it stinks then disappears right before you asphyxiate.
CO2 is heavier than air and will fill the tunnels from the bottom up. As well as kill all in them.
Better to fill it pig sewage
Every one of those people in the tunnels is a cease fire violation. Do not reward them for violating. If you really really don’t want to kill them, then arrest them and ship them to a supermax in El Salvador. Permanently.
only the leftists want to allow/give criminals more chances to murder
Aren’t these tunnel people, surrender, refusers, etc. the same people who raped any female they could on October 7; female captives were raped multiple times and forced probably to do unspeakable services; burned Families’s alive; threw grenades into bomb shelters; etc?And they should get a free ride?
Invite them all to a diplomatic reception with King Neptune.
Tell them it;s okay for them to leave and then kill them when they do. When the press questions you respond: “My bad”.
They could always just surrender
What would Hamas do if it caught IDF personnel on its side of the ceasefire line?
Do that to the Hamas fighters trapped behind Israeli lines.
“to “give the order to destroy the surrounded terrorists,”
Yes, the deserve no mercy.
That’s exactly what I voted for- no mercy towards the merciless.
Nah. Give ’em the Rodenator treatment.
Smart decision
Now that we know there are no hostages being held in the tunnels, maybe it’s time to open the tunnels to the sea and flush them all out.
There are still bodies there that Israel needs back.
Treat them like the Nazi scum they are! Roll the cement trucks, occupy their rat holes with a mud bath, seal it off & call it a day!
Just connect a hose to the tailpipe…
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