Israeli military ‘finds traces of hostages in tunnel in Gaza Strip’

Israeli soldiers show journalists an underground tunnel where the Israeli military said it had found evidence hostages were held by militants in Khan Younis (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP)

The Israeli military said it has found evidence that hostages were present in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, which has become the focus of Israel’s ground offensive.

The military showed the tunnel to journalists escorted into a neighbourhood near the ruins of destroyed homes and streets.