Tunnel

WATCH: IDF destroys two-kilometer-long Gaza terror tunnel in Beit Lahiya

IDF soldiers destroyed a two-kilometer-long terror tunnel in northern Gaza as part of ongoing operations to dismantle Hamas infrastructure, the military said.

|ByJAMES GENN
IDF troops operate in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, January 4, 2026.
This picture taken from west of Jabalya in the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising after explosions carried out by the Israeli army inside the Green Line, northeast of Beit Lahia on December 24, 2025.

IDF: Four km. of Gaza tunnels destroyed, dozens of terrorists killed over recent months

IDF forces also located approximately 10 mortar bombs hidden inside a children’s blanket in a residential building in the Beit Hanoun area.

|ByTPS, TZVI JASPER
Former hostage Segev Kalfon speaks in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025.

Freed hostage Segev Kalfon denounces lack of support received from Israel since release

Ex-hostage Segev Kalfon calls out Israel’s lack of support since his release, sharing his harrowing experiences of captivity, violence, and the emotional toll faced in captivity in a KAN interview.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers stand at the entrance of a tunnel that Hamas used to attack Israel, in Beit Hanun, December 17, 2023

'Like a subway': IDF reveals Rafah tunnels where Hadar Goldin's remains were held

The tunnel stretched approximately seven to ten kilometers, leading to dozens of living quarters and Hamas command posts.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Flooding Hamas tunnels could destroy Gaza's last water source

“This groundwater, which comes from the coastal aquifer, is the only water source accessible to Gazans within the territory of the Gaza Strip.”

DECEMBER 14, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A Palestinian fighter of the Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip, on May 18, 2022.

IDF begins pumping seawater into Hamas tunnels in Gaza -WSJ

In 2015, Egypt flooded tunnels between the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula with seawater.

DECEMBER 12, 2023ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A terrorist from the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas commanders hiding in tunnels killed by IDF

In the attack on the tunnel where the terrorist organization's commanders were hiding, IDF forces, guided by the Shin Bet and Military intelligence, eliminated the Hamas terrorists.

DECEMBER 5, 2023ByTAL LEV-RAM/MAARIV
The senior Hamas officers of the northern brigade of the Gaza Strip and the Gaza City Brigade who were eliminated

Israel is preparing to flood the Hamas tunnel network in Gaza

Some US officials expressed concern about the plan while others support it.

DECEMBER 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
An IDF soldier secures a tunnel underneath Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023.

Israel-Hamas war: IDF soldiers uncover 400 tunnel shafts in Gaza

Tunnels have been found near or directly under residences, schools, hospitals, cemeteries, and different agricultural spots.

NOVEMBER 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of a cross-border attack tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel.

IDF breaches blast door in tunnel under Gaza's Shifa Hospital

The IDF will be publishing an interactive website in English and Arabic presenting how Hamas uses hospitals for terrorist activity.

NOVEMBER 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A blast door breached by the IDF in a tunnel under Shifa hospital in Gaza.

With mapping robots and blast gel, Israel wages war on Hamas tunnels

Tunnels stretch hundreds of kilometers under Gaza, Israel says Israeli hostages are held in some tunnels

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByREUTERS
A Palestinian fighter of the Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip. May 18, 2022.

Exposed: Hamas's hospital hideouts - a grave abuse of Gaza's medical lifelines - editorial

If these organizations genuinely care about their missions and about saving Palestinian lives, it's long past time for them to speak out against Hamas's abuse.

NOVEMBER 8, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Remains of a tank shell on the fourth floor of Al-Wafa Rehabilitation Hospital in the east of Gaza City

Hamas tunnels, weapons found near amusement park and university

A weapons warehouse containing chemicals, RPGs, and explosives, among other objects, was found near a university in Gaza.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operate near an amusement park in the Gaza Strip.

The Hamas tunnel city beneath Gaza - a hidden frontline for Israel

The Palestinian Islamist terrorist group has different kinds of tunnels running beneath the sandy 360-sq-km coastal strip and its borders

OCTOBER 27, 2023ByREUTERS
A Palestinian fighter of the Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip. May 18, 2022.