The IDF denied a report from Tuesday that claimed that kidnapping attempts had been made against soldiers near the Yellow Line, saying that the majority of the details included were completely baseless.
The claim, originally reported by JNS, was that Israeli soldiers along the Gaza Strip had faced three separate kidnapping attempts, all of which were rebuffed by IDF forces.
JNS had also reported that, in the wake of the three kidnapping attempts, IDF forces along the Yellow Line had retreated, and that counterattacks against the would-be kidnappers had failed.
According to the military, all of these claims are false.
The IDF denied that there had been any kidnapping attempts made against IDF soldiers, that no retreat had been conducted, and that the IDF had been transparent regarding which details in the original report were based on reality.
Specifically, the IDF stated that "Public statements were transparently issued by the IDF Spokesperson regarding all incidents in which IDF engineering vehicles were damaged by explosive devices," and that "Similarly, an incident involving the sound of gunfire in the area in early September was also reported and made public."
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