'Completely baseless': IDF denies report of kidnapping attempts against soldiers near Yellow Line
The claim, originally reported by JNS, had been that Israeli soldiers along the Gaza Strip had faced three separate kidnapping attempts, all of which were rebuffed by IDF forces.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has firmly denied reports of kidnapping attempts against soldiers near the Yellow Line, stating that the claims are completely baseless. According to the IDF, the original report by JNS claimed that three separate kidnapping attempts occurred, but the military asserts that none of these incidents took place.
The IDF also denied any retreat by their forces along the Yellow Line and denied that counterattacks against the alleged kidnappers had failed. The military emphasized that all public statements issued by the IDF Spokesperson accurately reflected the incidents involving IDF engineering vehicles damaged by explosive devices, as well as the incident involving gunfire in early September.
The IDF concluded that any claims contrary to these facts are completely baseless. JNS's report had come shortly after Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to destroy what remains of Gaza City and evacuate around one million Gazans if Hamas took an Israeli hostage. In response, a spokesperson for People of Israel called on Katz to stop making empty threats, noting that Hamas would not take such a threat seriously given past instances of over 250 people being abducted without any consequences.
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