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IDF: Troops in Gaza destroyed mile-long tunnel, dozens of booby-trapped buildings
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Weapons found by troops in a Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, in a handout photo published June 9, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
During recent operations of the Paratroopers Brigade and Yahalom combat engineering unit in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, the military says it located and demolished a kilometer-and-a-half-long tunnel (1 mile).
The tunnel was used by Hamas operatives as a hideout, and dozens of weapons were found inside, the IDF says.
Additionally, the troops, with support from the Israeli Air Force, destroyed dozens of buildings that had been booby-trapped by Hamas, and a weapons depot, the army says.
“The buildings were rigged with numerous explosives weighing some five tons,” the IDF says.
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