Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Friday, August 9, 2024
IDF: 3 km tunnel destroyed by combat engineers in Netzarim Corridor area of central Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A tunnel found in the central Gaza Strip, in a handout image published August 9, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
A three-kilometer-long tunnel in the Netzarim Corridor area of the central Gaza Strip was recently destroyed by combat engineers, the IDF says.
According to the IDF, the tunnel included several floors and branching paths.
Inside the tunnel, troops found several rooms where weapons and other equipment were stored, which the IDF says were used by Hamas operatives to reside for long periods.
After combat engineers investigated the underground passages, the tunnel was blown up.
