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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 ...
Leaflets were dropped with maps into Khan Yunis depicting hundreds of evacuation zones. [55] [57] An Israeli airstrike destroyed a large building in Khan Yunis. [58] The Gaza Health Ministry claimed that over 180 people were killed since the truce ended. [59] [60] Five Israeli soldiers were wounded in a mortar attack near Nirim. [61]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
The footage showed a tunnel shaft, which contains a winding staircase approximately three meters deep and it continues for seven meters down until it reaches part of a tunnel network. The tunnel continues for five meters before turning right and continuing for another 50 meters. At the end, there is a blast door and what the IDF says is a gunhole.
The Israeli military has long claimed Khan Younis is a major Hamas stronghold, alleging that a tunnel network underneath civilian buildings in the city was likely where Hamas planned the October 7 ...
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 ...