The IDF releases new footage showing the destruction of two Hamas tunnels in the central Gaza Strip, part of a monthlong operation by forces from the Gaza Division’s southern brigade, the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit, and the Gaza Division’s engineering units.
According to the military, one of the tunnels, which featured multiple exit shafts, contained living quarters, food, weapons, and other facilities used by Hamas operatives. Troops filled the tunnel with concrete to seal it.
A second offensive underground route, stretching hundreds of meters, was destroyed with explosives.
The IDF says that in the course of the operation, dozens of Hamas fighters were killed, and both underground and aboveground terror infrastructure was dismantled. The military adds that the effort was aimed at widening the security buffer along the central and southern border of the Gaza Strip.
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