IDF says troops in Khan Younis destroyed 500-meter-long Hamas tunnel

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Troops of the IDF's Golani Brigade operate in the Gaza Strip in an image published on July 10, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
Troops of the IDF's Golani Brigade operate in the Gaza Strip in an image published on July 10, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Dozens of enemy operatives were killed and over 130 “terror infrastructures,” both above and below ground, were demolished by troops of the Golani Brigade during operations in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis in the past week, the military says.

Among the sites was a 500-meter-long, 13-meter-deep Hamas tunnel, the military says. It was destroyed by the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit.

Other sites included caches of weapons, booby-trapped buildings, observation posts, and mortar launching positions, the military says.

A tunnel in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis is demolished, in a video issued on July 10, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

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