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The total size and dimensions of the Palestinian tunnel network in the Gaza Strip is unknown, with all parties involved keeping the details classified. [6] [7] [8] In 2016, Ismail Haniyeh, the former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority and later Chairman of the Hamas Government, indicated that the tunnel network was double the size of the Củ Chi tunnels, which were developed ...
According to Israel, their intentions were to: first, search for the bodies of Israeli hostages in a certain location after receiving intelligence to that end; and second, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) alleged, without providing evidence, that the digging up of Beit Hanoun Cemetery near Khan Yunis was due to a Hamas command center in a tunnel ...
Five rockets were fired from Khan Yunis at communities in southern Israel. [491] The IDF announced that it uncovered and destroyed a 900-meter-long tunnel in Al-Amal neighborhood, Khan Yunis. [492] Two people were wounded during a shooting in the West Bank. [493] At least 23 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces during raids in Hebron ...
[10] [44] In an announcement the same day, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant claimed that Hamas forces has ceased to exist as a military force in Khan Yunis and stated the withdrawal was in preparation for the planned Rafah offensive. [45] However, rockets were fired by Palestinian forces in Khan Yunis immediately after the IDF's withdrawal. [46]
The anti-tunnel barrier along the Gaza–Israel border (sometimes referred to as the smart wall on the Israel–Gaza border) [1] [2] [3] is an underground slurry wall constructed by Israel along the entire 40-kilometer (25 mi) length of the Gaza–Israel border to prevent infiltration into Israel by digging tunnels under the Gaza–Israel barrier.
A 2015 report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) noted that between 2007 and 2013, more than 1,532 tunnels were running under the border to mitigate the impact of the blockade on Gaza. They were closed by mid-2013. The size of the tunnel trade was even greater than the volume of trade through official channels.
Until 2013, there were hundreds of smuggling tunnels dug under the Egypt-Gaza border to smuggle goods, including fuel, into Gaza to bypass the blockade. 2005–2006 blockades On 12 September 2005, the final day of the Israeli withdrawal, international politicians such as France's Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy and Jordan's Deputy Prime ...
Hamad City is situated in the northwestern part of Khan Yunis, adjacent to Deir al-Balah. [18] It consisted of three thousand apartments divided among fifty-three sand-coloured apartment blocks. [11] [25] Each building consisted of a ground floor and five-storeys above it, with four apartments on each floor. [9]