Troops Destroyed a Tunnel Network Serving as an Underground Post and Buildings Used as Hamas Headquarters

As part of operations in the south of Gaza City, soldiers of the Yiftah Battalion (11th) and combat engineering forces struck Hamas headquarters in the Issa area. The soldiers identified a terrorist cell attempting to attack the forces and eliminated them in close-quarters combat. In the operations in the Issa area, many Hamas terrorists were eliminated, along with many buildings used for terrorist activities and weapons that were destroyed.

Soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade who were operating in the area located and discovered a number of shafts leading to a significant underground tunnel route.

Soldiers of the Yahalom Unit and the Oketz K-9 Unit examined the significant and strategic underground tunnel route beneath the "Issa" post - used as an underground base by the Hamas terrorist organization. This multi-level structure served as an underground post. Its floors were used for storage, hideouts, command and control, and movement of operatives between different areas. After investigating with various technological means and in collaboration with the combat engineering forces of the 99th Division, the soldiers destroyed the underground tunnel route.

The IDF released footage from the Marom Brigade's Oketz K-9 Unit's dog cameras, revealing a tunnel network hundreds of meters long, including command and communication rooms, hideouts with dozens of meters of space, concrete bunkers, and water and electricity installations. So far in the war, the unit's soldiers and dogs have scanned dozens of tunnels, locating findings that allow the forces to enter the tunnels.

Attached is footage from the Oketz K-9 Unit's dog camera inside the tunnel: https://bit.ly/3v9fvOz

Attached is a 3D model from the Yahalom Unit, showing the tunnel network beneath the Issa area: https://bit.ly/3tqVClu

Attached is footage of the exposure of tunnel shafts in the Issa area: https://bit.ly/3RpVnz2

Attached is an aerial photo showing exposed tunnel shafts in the area: https://bit.ly/476dxeR

Attached is a video of strike on the tunnel underneath the Issa area: https://bit.ly/489FL9R