Deputy Commander rushed into the tunnel: this is how the officer was kidnapped

How did the IDF officer abduction occur on Friday? Lieutenant Hadar Goldin 23 from Kfar Saba was taken prisoner by Hamas in Rafah on Friday. However, so far it is not clear whether he was alive or not.

Preliminary investigation indicates that the Givati Brigade forces of the reconnaissance, was involved in locating a tunnel near the mosque. A suicide bomber who left the building, exploded near them, and two soldiers were killed.

Only after several minutes have passed, the soldiers began to understand what happened and regroup without their commander who was injured.

Deputy Commander with other soldiers stormed the building and encountered a group of terrorists. They entered the building identified the two soldiers who were killed in the incident, Benaya Sharel and Liel Godoni hy"d, along with the dead suicide bomber.

Deputy Commander immediately realized that Second Lieutenant Hadar Goldin is absent, and went down along with other fighters into the tunnel used for the abduction which was at a depth of about 20 meters below ground, with drawn weapons, and at the risk of a clash with terrorists.

In the tunnel, they located items, including a shirt, belonging to Goldin, of great value for the IDF, but the soldier or his captors were not located. Apparently, the squad managed to escape into another tunnel shaft.

From that moment, the IDF began to attack the area by land, air and sea, to prevent attacker's squad to run away from the area, thus increasing the chances of locating him. Strikes in Rafah, continues to this hour.

After the Deputy Commander emerged from the tunnel, other forces completed the mapping of the tunnel and found that it leads to the mosque and Hamas outpost. IDF stormed the mosque in an attempt to isolate the kidnappers, and the action continues even now.

"The IDF did not know what the condition of lieutenant Hadr Goldin is, apparently taken prisoner," said this morning (Saturday), a senior military official. According to the source, the forces continue to operate in the abduction. Army considering the possibility Goldin was amongst the injured fighters.

Within this framework of mapping offensive dug a tunnel into Israel, IDF forces managed today to find her some motorcycles that were supposed to be used for an attack. Estimated, the goal had been to get out of the shaft tunnel into Israel with a motorcycle, get up to the destination, make abduction and go back into the tunnel shaft using motorcycles.

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