Until last week, when the IDF uncovered the tunnel, this home would have been the launching pad for an October 7-style attack against Israel.
The tunnels contained weapons, command centers, combat packs, and living quarters equipped with showers, a kitchen, and food stockpiles.
The IDF dismantled a one-kilometer Hamas terror tunnel in Rafah, Gaza, eliminating terrorists emerging from the tunnel shaft.
The Jerusalem Post's Tovah Lazaroff was in Gaza to find out more about the extent to which Hamas has integrated itself into civilian areas.
Hussein Fiad was responsible for significant rocket and mortar attacks.
Hezbollah has a secret tunnel network in Lebanon, more advanced than Hamas in Gaza. It reaches into Israel and possibly Syria, and poses a strategic threat.
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The combat team of the 14th brigade, operating under the 162nd Division, uncovered seven shafts leading to Hamas tunnels.
“I felt like there was an earthquake far off, like the bed I was lying on was moving and sailing,” said Baruch Ben Neria, a resident who reported his experience to the authorities.
The results of the inspections will be examined in further detail by experts and presented to the public in due course, the regional council stated.
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