Maj. (Ret.) John Spencer is an American army veteran who heads the Modern War Institute at the U.S. military’s prestigious West Point Academy in New York State. His books and courses about fighting historic urban and tunnel wars have been widely quoted—he’s even interviewed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—who name-dropped the former combat officer’s research during his speech to Congress in July. The Israel Defense Forces like his work so much that they’ve brought Spencer with them three times inside some of the captured Hamas tunnels under Gaza.
Although Spencer wasn’t present last weekend when the IDF discovered the bodies of six executed hostages under Rafah, he understands why the IDF is now claiming the entrance to that tunnel was hidden in the bedroom of a Palestinian child’s room. Despite the heinous war crime that has rocked Israel and people around the world, Spencer feels Israel is still winning the war against Hamas.
Ahead of two speaking engagements in Canada next week—in Winnipeg and Toronto—Spencer joins The CJN Daily to share his eyewitness accounts in the terrorists’ tunnels, and why tunnels between Egypt and Gaza are what’s holding up a cease-fire deal that some believe could free the hostages.
What we talked about:
- Learn more about Maj. (Ret.) John Spencer and buy tickets to his speaking tour in Winnipeg (Sept. 11) and Toronto (on Sept. 12)
- Watch the video in which an IDF spokesman describes the Hamas tunnel, with an entrance from a child’s bedroom, in which they found the six executed hostages
- Hear advice for IDF troops going into the Gaza tunnels, from veterans of the Yom Kippur War, on The CJN Daily
Credits
- Host and writer: Ellin Bessner (@ebessner)
- Production team: Zachary Kauffman (producer), Michael Fraiman (executive producer)
- Music: Dov Beck-Levine
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