IDF says troops demolished over 1,200 ‘terror infrastructures’ in Khan Younis suburb serving as Hamas stronghold

IDF troops demolished over 1,200 “terror infrastructures” in the Khan Younis suburb of Khuzaʽa during a recent operation in the area, as part of efforts to expand Israel’s buffer zone along the border with the Gaza Strip, the military says.

The operation in Khuzaʽa in recent weeks was led by the 188th Armored Brigade.

“The forces worked to locate and destroy terror infrastructure in the [Khuzaʽa] area, which served as a central Hamas terror stronghold,” the IDF says.

Hundreds of Hamas terrorists set out from Khuzaʽa during the October 7, 2023, onslaught, especially to Kibbutz Nir Oz, where dozens of civilians were murdered and abducted.

During combat engineering operations and airstrikes, the IDF says it killed dozens of terror operatives and destroyed 1,200 sites, both above and below ground, to “remove the threat to the border communities.”

Among the destroyed infrastructures was a tunnel that was 500 meters long and 25 meters deep, the military adds.

A Hamas tunnel in the southern Gaza town of Khuzaʽa is demolished, in a video published June 10, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)