The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/tunnels/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:27:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png tunnels | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/tunnels/ 32 32 Thirteen men plead not guilty for melee over illegal Brooklyn Chabad tunnel https://www.timesofisrael.com/thirteen-men-plead-not-guilty-for-melee-over-illegal-brooklyn-chabad-tunnel/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:34:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3266676 Fight broke out when workers filled in tunnels under Chabad headquarters; all but one of the students involved are Israeli citizens

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]]> NYC orders vacating of Chabad HQ for stabilization work after tunnel discovery https://www.timesofisrael.com/nyc-orders-vacating-of-chabad-hq-for-stabilization-work-after-tunnel-discovery/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:22:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3198266 Multiple buildings around 770 Eastern Parkway are emptied as work begins to fill in 18-meter-long illegal cavity dug by extremist students trying to expand synagogue

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]]> Chaos ensues as NYPD tries to fill in secret tunnel in Chabad HQ synagogue https://www.timesofisrael.com/chaos-ensues-after-nypd-tries-to-fill-in-secret-tunnel-in-chabad-hq-synagogue/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:53:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3196843 Several rioters arrested after damaging the prayer hall and throwing benches at police officers

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]]> Two more suspects arrested in Abu Snan quadruple homicide https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-more-suspects-arrested-in-abu-snan-quadruple-homicide/ Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:43:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3080251 Third suspect was nabbed at airport trying to flee country. All four victims of the killing buried; police discover tunnels under Nazareth used by crime family

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]]> Man shot dead in northern Israel, in killing likely tied to organized crime https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-shot-dead-in-northern-israel-in-killing-likely-tied-to-organized-crime/ Thu, 24 Aug 2023 11:50:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3079393 52-year-old victim of drive-by shooting in Kiryat Bialik known to authorities; police also uncover underground tunnel used by mafia in Nazareth

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]]> Netanyahu aims to fill West Bank with high-speed tunnels, in vision laid out by Musk https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-looks-to-cover-west-bank-with-highway-tunnels-in-vision-laid-out-by-musk/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 20:30:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2943042 Premier floats plans during meeting in Paris with French businesspeople, says it could allow for territorial contiguity between settlements and for Palestinians

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]]> Get into the trenches of Israeli history at the revamped Mt. Zion supply tunnel https://www.timesofisrael.com/get-into-the-trenches-of-israeli-history-at-the-revamped-mt-zion-supply-tunnel/ Sat, 04 Sep 2021 05:44:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2610746 When Jordanian snipers threatened supply lines before Israel unified Jerusalem, IDF engineers built a secret trench now renovated and open to visitors after lying dormant for years

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]]> Trump’s peace plan has 99 problems, but Israeli engineers say a tunnel ain’t one https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-peace-plan-has-99-problems-but-israeli-engineers-say-a-tunnel-aint-one/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 03:02:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2231249 Proposal calls for 30 mile tunnel between West Bank and Gaza that would make it one of the longest in world, but experts say that's not the reason the US plan probably won't work

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]]> 6,000 protest on Gaza border; IDF deploys more Iron Dome batteries in south https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-deploys-more-iron-dome-batteries-in-south-3000-protest-on-gaza-border/ Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:04:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2110800&preview=true&preview_id=2110800 Army strengthens missile defenses as Hamas says it will avenge operative's death; rioters throw rocks, explosive devices at soldiers on border; Egyptian delegation enters enclave

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]]> IDF readies for discord on Gaza border, day after Hamas man mistakenly shot dead https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-readies-for-discord-on-gaza-border-day-after-hamas-man-mistakenly-shot-dead/ Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:39:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2110629&preview=true&preview_id=2110629 Terror group has promised 'consequences' for killing of operative; but a former top defense official believes group has too much to lose by escalating the situation

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]]> IDF: Troops mistakenly killed Hamas member who was preventing border breach https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-troops-mistakenly-killed-hamas-member-who-was-preventing-border-breach/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 13:13:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2110161&preview=true&preview_id=2110161 Gaza terror groups meet to discuss response to death of Hamas officer in northern Strip, as Israel apparently seeks to maintain calm

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]]> Hamas: IDF killed member as he was trying to stop Gazans from crossing border https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-say-idf-shoots-injures-hamas-operative-on-gaza-border/ Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:13:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2109967&preview=true&preview_id=2109967 Terror group vows death of fighter -- a member of its restraint unit -- won't go 'unpunished' and Israel 'would bear the consequences of this criminal act'

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]]> IDF uncovers cross-border attack tunnel from southern Gaza https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-uncovers-cross-border-attack-tunnel-from-southern-gaza/ Mon, 08 Jul 2019 18:05:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2108391 Military says passage was discovered during construction of underground barrier around the enclave, five years after 2014 operation aimed at countering threat of tunnels

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]]> Two Palestinians said killed in Gaza-Egypt tunnel after inhaling toxic gas https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-said-killed-in-gaza-egypt-tunnel-after-inhaling-toxic-gas/ Mon, 11 Feb 2019 06:35:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2015920 Spokesman says one of the dead was an officer in Hamas security forces, second was a civilian; source of gas unclear

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]]> Disasters drilled on Jerusalem-Ben Gurion fast rail ahead of opening in 3 weeks https://www.timesofisrael.com/disasters-drilled-on-jerusalem-ben-gurion-fast-rail-ahead-of-opening-in-3-weeks/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:44:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1919308 Israel Railways mounts exercises to extract 'blaze victims' from Israel's longest tunnel, evacuate injured from underground platform

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