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An Israel Police officer at the entrance to a suspected terror tunnel running from the area of A'zaim checkpoint in the West Bank toward Israel, in an image released on June 24, 2026. (Israel Police)
June 25, 2026, 4:33 pm
Police find possible terror tunnel running from West Bank toward Jerusalem, arrest 2
DNA from scene leads to arrest of 1 Palestinian, 1 East Jerusalem man; no weapons found but police probing whether plan was to use tunnel for terror attack or to smuggle in workers
By ToI Staff
An Israeli armored vehicle drives on a torn-up street during a raid in Tulkarem on September 3, 2024, amid a large-scale military offensive launched a week earlier in the West Bank. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
September 13, 2024, 7:33 pm
IDF finds under-construction tunnel in West Bank’s Tulkarem
Tunnels are rare in the region, where the Israeli army operates regularly to dismantle terror infrastructure
By Emanuel Fabian
This composite image shows Master Sgt. (res.) Ido Aviv (L) and Master Sgt. (res.) Kalkidan Meharim, who were killed during fighting in the central Gaza Strip on April 28, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 30, 2024, 1:45 am
Two IDF reservists killed, one seriously wounded in fighting in central Gaza
IDF says pair killed in blast near Netzarim Corridor, bringing ground op toll to 263; Hamas health ministry claims dozens killed in strikes, including five-day-old infant in Rafah
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Screenshot showing medication packages from IDF video shot inside a tunnel beneath Khan Younis where 12 hostages were held. The video was released on February 7, 2024. (Courtesy of IDF)
February 8, 2024, 11:12 pm
Footage shows medication packages in Gaza tunnel where hostages were held
Boxes of drugs include anti-fungal vaginal tablets, insulin syringes and hypothyroidism treatment, as Israel awaits proof of delivery of medicine weeks after deal
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An aerial view shows security forces uncovering a Hamas tunnel along the northern Gaza border, in an image published by the IDF on August 15, 2022. The fence on the left is Israel's old barrier along the internationally recognized border, and the right fence is the new one, with the underground barrier. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 15, 2022, 12:45 pm
IDF says it foiled Hamas attack tunnel with two branches along northern Gaza border
Official says tunnel first struck during last year’s war, but since repaired and extended by Hamas; it crossed into Israeli territory, but posed no danger due to underground wall
By Emanuel Fabian
A member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group walks in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip, on April 17, 2022, during a media tour amid escalating violence with Israel. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
April 19, 2022, 8:33 pm
Islamic Jihad shows off ‘tunnel city’ as it readies for next campaign against Israel
During media tour in Gaza, terror group claims it has defensive and offensive tunnel systems, with the latter to be used for taking soldiers captive and repelling ground offensives
By Adel Zaanoun
"Tav," an Israeli soldier specializing in underground warfare, shows Hamas's deepest tunnel to Channel 12's Danny Kushmaro. (Screenshot/Channel 12(
April 2, 2022, 6:40 am
230 feet down: Elite IDF unit reveals deepest Hamas tunnel ever found
Subterranean southern Gaza passage uncovered in 2020 exhibited to the press for the first time by the soldier who went inside first
By ToI Staff
A convoy of trucks loaded with construction equipment provided by Egypt arrives at the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, on June 4, 2021. (Said Khatib/AFP)
June 10, 2021, 9:59 am
Israel said to ask Egypt to halt entry of cement, building materials into Gaza
Public broadcaster reports goods have been entering the Strip through a crossing on the Egyptian border without any monitoring
By ToI Staff
Heavy machinery works on a massive underground barrier on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza on September 8, 2016. (AP Photo / Tsafrir Abayov)
March 5, 2021, 11:35 am
IDF completes underground anti-tunnel barrier surrounding Gaza
Security officials said to suggest Hamas using calm period to procure advanced weaponry; military’s Southern Command holds drill simulating tunnel warfare in next conflict
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, November 13, 2019. (AP/ Hatem Moussa)
October 22, 2020, 10:54 pm
Two rockets fired from Gaza at Ashkelon, one intercepted; no injuries
Third attack in a week comes days after military uncovered what it called a Hamas attack tunnel inside Israeli territory
By Judah Ari Gross
This photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces on October 20, 2020, shows a soldier operating along the border with the southern Gaza Strip, after a tunnel entering Israeli territory was found in the area. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 21, 2020, 11:04 pm
IDF: Gaza attack tunnel found this week was dug by Hamas
Passage extending from Khan Younis tens of meters into Israel was discovered by sensors attached to army’s new underground barrier
By Judah Ari Gross
This photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces on October 20, 2020, shows soldiers operating along the border with the southern Gaza Strip, after a tunnel entering Israeli territory was found in the area. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 20, 2020, 7:44 pm
IDF uncovers Gaza ‘terror tunnel’ that penetrated into Israeli territory
Tunnel detected by sensors in Israel’s new subterranean barrier; IDF says there was no threat to local communities, holds Strip’s Hamas rulers responsible
By Alexander Fulbright
Illustrative: Kibbutz Kerem Shalom, December 16, 2016. (Doron Horowitz/FLASH90)
September 14, 2019, 5:11 am
IDF soldier in anti-tunnel unit moves to Gaza border kibbutz, with 28 friends
‘Aleph’ decided to live in Kerem Shalom after seeing that the community was underpopulated and struggling to attract new members due to security threats
By ToI Staff
An IDF soldier and a tank during a military drill near the Gaza Strip, late July 2019. (IDF)
July 31, 2019, 11:45 pm
In future Gaza war, Israel said aiming to weaken Hamas — but not topple it
IDF completes four-day drill that is Gaza Division’s biggest since 2014 war; soldiers exercise response to attempted takeover of Ashkelon, evacuation of residents
By Michael Bachner
The scene of a car hit by a missile fired from the Gaza Strip near the Israel-Gaza border on May 5, 2019. (Noam Rivkin Fenton/Flash90)
July 17, 2019, 8:06 am
Israel to plant trees near Gaza border homes to thwart anti-tank missile attacks
Plan initiated to prevent repeat of May attack, when man was killed by Kornet guided missile that slammed into his car as he was driving
By ToI Staff
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