In the last two months, soldiers from the 55th Brigade have dismantled 70 tunnel shafts, the Israel Defense Forces disclosed as the brigade was withdrawn from Gaza on Thursday.
The facilities, located along the Salah al-Din Road, consist of weapons factories above and below ground, where rockets, weapons and ammunition were produced. The sites were connected by dozens of tunnel shafts.
Israeli soldiers completed operations in northern Gaza's "Towers Neighbourhood," destroying a chemical laboratory for weapons production, tunnel shafts and anti-tank firing positions, the Israel Defence Forces said on Friday.
Israeli soldiers completed operations in northern Gaza's "Towers Neighborhood," destroying a chemical laboratory for weapons production, tunnel shafts and anti-tank firing positions, the Israel Defense Forces said on Friday.
Expanding their offensive against Hamas, Israel Defence Forces located and destroyed three terror tunnel shafts belonging to the Hamas terror organization near the Rantisi Hospital and in the nearby High School on Wednesday.
Israeli security forces raided the Jenin refugee camp on Wednesday, destroying tunnel shafts and laboratories for preparing explosives, the Israel Defence Forces said.
The Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday that combat engineers have uncovered and destroyed 130 Hamas tunnels in Gaza since the beginning of the ground invasion.