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Friday, April 11, 2025
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Friday, April 11, 2025
IDF says troops found Hamas tunnel built under Rafah kindergarten
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Troops of the Golani Brigade operate in southern Gaza's Rafah, in a handout photo issued on April 11, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
In southern Gaza’s Rafah, the IDF says troops of the Golani Brigade located a Hamas tunnel built under a kindergarten.
One of the tunnel’s entrances was located in the yard of the daycare, footage released by the military shows. According to the IDF, a school is located 100 meters away.
Troops of the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit scanned the tunnel, which was found to be several dozen meters long and booby-trapped with explosives. The tunnel led to a “key” Hamas underground passageway, the IDF says.
The tunnel was later demolished.
Footage released by the IDF on April 11, 2025, shows a Hamas tunnel under a daycare in southern Gaza’s Rafah. (Israel Defense Forces)
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