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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Troops seal off Khan Younis tunnel under hospital where Hamas boss was killed
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Hamas tunnel that ran underneath the European Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, where the terror group’s leader Muhammed Sinwar was killed in a strike, has been sealed with concrete, the military says.
The IDF says that after scanning the tunnel, and recovering the bodies of Sinwar and other senior Hamas military wing commanders, it pumped 250 cubic meters of concrete into the underground passages, sealing it shut.
The IDF did not blow up the tunnel as it does with many others in Gaza, because that would have damaged the medical center above it.
The military says its actions in the area, including the strike on May 13 that killed Sinwar and the Hamas commanders, were “carried out in a pinpoint and precise manner, while avoiding damage to the hospital building.”
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Over the past two weeks, our troops conducted a targeted operation to locate and map out large-scale underground Hamas infrastructure in the area of the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, where the body of Mohammed Sinwar was… pic.twitter.com/GsQkLblB2p
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 17, 2025
A Times of Israel reporter saw broken windows and other minor damage at the hospital during an army-escorted tour earlier this month.
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