WATCH: IDF combat teams find tunnel, weapons in child's bedroom

Brigade 401 has been conducting operations in the Tel al-Sultan and Shabura neighborhoods in Rafah, Gaza Strip, over the past few weeks.

Tunnel shaft and weapons located inside a child's bedroom in the Rafah area by Battalion 932 in Brigade 401, July 24, 2024. (credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

IDF combat teams of Battalion 932 in Brigade 401 located a tunnel shaft, a large number of weapons, and night vision equipment inside a child's bedroom in a residential building in the Shabura Camp in Rafah, the IDF reported Wednesday. 

After soldiers moved the child's bed, they found a tunnel shaft containing weapons, including AK-47s, munitions, and medical equipment. The child's room was painted pink and purple and had flowers and butterflies on the walls.

Separately, troops in the 52nd Battalion engaged in close-quarters combat with armed terrorists inside a building in Tel al-Sultan and the Shabura neighborhood in Rafah and killed the terrorists.

IDF soldiers engaging in combat in Rafah

In body camera footage published by the IDF, soldiers with guns pointed ahead can be seen entering a room of a building that contained a destroyed bed. The video shows them making their way through the building and up the stairs to the roof. 

Brigade 401 has been conducting operations in the Tel al-Sultan and Shabura neighborhoods in Rafah, Gaza Strip, over the past few weeks.

 Weapons located in the tunnel shaft, July 24, 2024. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Weapons located in the tunnel shaft, July 24, 2024. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

According to the IDF, they have been conducting intelligence-based operations against terrorist infrastructure and operatives in these areas.