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IDF finds weapons cache in Gaza tunnel shaft
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Weapons the IDF says were located by troops in a tunnel shaft in the southern Gaza Strip, in a handout photo published on January 20, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF troops located a cache of weapons in a tunnel shaft during mop-up operations on the Israeli side of the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s south, the military says.
The IDF says soldiers of the 188th Armored Brigade and elite Yahalom combat engineering unit found firearms, RPGs and other military equipment in the shaft.
Amid the ongoing ceasefire, the military has been operating on the eastern side of the Yellow Line to demolish Hamas tunnels and other infrastructure belonging to Palestinian terror groups.
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