WATCH: IDF destroys three Hamas terror tunnels in Khan Yunis

• Published date: 06 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

While Gaza's underground tunnel infrastructure has been a challenge for the IDF since the "Swords of Iron War" began, IDF soldiers, led by the 98th Division and the Yahalom Unit, have been operating to locate, map, and destroy Hamas's Khan Yunis Brigade's tunnels, the military stated

The tunnels that were destroyed had been under IDF intelligence and technological surveillance in the last few years. Following preliminary ground activity, the tunnels were mapped and destroyed. In addition to the 98th Division and the Yahalom Unit, the Southern Command's Engineering Array and the Gaza Division carried out the operation.

One of the three tunnels was uncovered approximately a decade ago. In 2021, during the Guardian of the Walls operation, it had been struck from the air, resulting in the elimination of several Hamas terrorists.

At the beginning of the current war, it was struck at several points to prevent offensive activity, and over the last weeks, engineering forces destroyed it.

Another tunnel destroyed was revealed in 2014 as a terror tunnel crossing into Israeli territory. Hamas has not restored the tunnel since then, and in recent weeks, another section of the tunnel deep inside...