The IDF reveals a “significant” Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza’s Rafah, adjacent to the border crossing with Egypt, used by the terror group to smuggle weapons into the Strip.
According to the IDF, troops located several tunnel shafts in the area, which led to the 2-kilometer-long (1.24 miles) underground route with several paths.
Inside the tunnel, troops found several weapons, explosives, and a large amount of intelligence materials, the military says. Some parts of the tunnel were blocked by blast doors.
Combat engineers later demolished the tunnel.
Along the so-called Philadelphi Corridor, adjacent to the southern city of Rafah, the IDF has located so far some 20 tunnels that cross into Egypt. Another 82 tunnel shafts leading into the tunnels have been located in the corridor area.
Hamas has been known to use such tunnels to smuggle weapons into Gaza, despite attempts by Egypt to thwart them in the past decade. A “high-level” source speaking to Egyptian state media last week denied such tunnels still exist.
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