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Israeli troops inside the tunnel 400 metres from the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel. AP

Israeli soldiers at the entrance of a tunnel 400 metres from the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, in the Palestinian town of Beit Hanun. EPA

Israeli soldiers at an entrance to the tunnel in northern Gaza. EPA

Israeli army spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari in an entrance of the tunnel. EPA

Israeli soldiers investigate the tunnel. Reuters

Israeli soldiers walk through what Israel's military says is an iron-girded tunnel designed by Hamas to disgorge carloads of Palestinian fighters for a surprise storming of the border, amid the Israeli army's ongoing ground operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, close to Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, December 15, 2023. REUTERS / Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A photo taken while embedded with the Israeli Army shows soldiers inside a tunnel 400 meters away from the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, in the Palestinian town of Beit Hanun, northern Gaza Strip, 15 December 2023 (issued 17 December 2023). At least 18,000 Palestinians and at least 1,200 Israelis have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA / ATEF SAFADI

Admiral Hagari inspects the tunnel. Israel says Hamas militants used the tunnel to attack the Erez crossing. EPA

Israeli soldiers investigate the tunnel. AP

Israeli troops inside the iron-girdered tunnel AFP

Israeli troops inside the tunnel 400 metres from the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel. AP

Israeli soldiers at the entrance of a tunnel 400 metres from the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, in the Palestinian town of Beit Hanun. EPA

Israeli soldiers at an entrance to the tunnel in northern Gaza. EPA

Israeli army spokesman Admiral Daniel Hagari in an entrance of the tunnel. EPA

Israeli soldiers investigate the tunnel. Reuters

Israeli soldiers walk through what Israel's military says is an iron-girded tunnel designed by Hamas to disgorge carloads of Palestinian fighters for a surprise storming of the border, amid the Israeli army's ongoing ground operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, close to Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, December 15, 2023. REUTERS / Amir Cohen TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A photo taken while embedded with the Israeli Army shows soldiers inside a tunnel 400 meters away from the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, in the Palestinian town of Beit Hanun, northern Gaza Strip, 15 December 2023 (issued 17 December 2023). At least 18,000 Palestinians and at least 1,200 Israelis have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA / ATEF SAFADI

Admiral Hagari inspects the tunnel. Israel says Hamas militants used the tunnel to attack the Erez crossing. EPA

Israeli soldiers investigate the tunnel. AP

Israeli troops inside the iron-girdered tunnel AFP

Israeli troops inside the tunnel 400 metres from the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel. AP

Palestine-Israel

Israel claims discovery of vast Hamas tunnel as success

'Flagship' excavation at Erez border crossing contains plumbing, electricity and sophisticated measures to repel attackers, says military

December 18, 2023

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