Tag: Tunnels
IDF publishes video of tunnel where hostages were executed
The Israel Defense Forces released a video of the tunnel in Rafah in southern Gaza where Hamas executed six hostages late last month, with military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari taking viewers on a...
Egypt’s tunnel-denial violates peace treaty with Israel
Pro-Israel groups are criticizing the Egyptian government for its implausible denial that Hamas has been smuggling weapons through the hundreds of tunnels connecting Egypt to Gaza.
Israel has uncovered vast quantities of weapons that Hamas...
Hezbollah’s vast subterranean network in Lebanon is in a different league
In the summer of 2008, a group of Christian Lebanese from the Jezzine area were making their way by car towards the well-known Maronite summer resort town when it was suddenly forced to stop...
MIT turns away Dennis Ross but allows Hamas supporter to speak
Recent news concerning speakers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology about Israel and Gaza has not generated attention or headlines outside of the school and its alumni. But these events should have. MIT has refused to host a...
IDF team to investigate possible Palestinian terror tunnels in Judea and Samaria
The Israel Defense Forces’ Central Command, which is responsible for Judea and Samaria, has established a team to investigate alleged terror tunnels in the area.
The unit, which was established several months ago, consists of...
IDF destroys largest terror tunnel yet found in northern Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces recently destroyed the largest tunnel discovered in northern Gaza since the start of the war against the Hamas terrorist group nearly five months ago, the army said on Tuesday.
Stretching some...
IDF uncovers six-mile tunnel stretching from northern Gaza to south
Israel Defense Forces troops in the Gaza Strip uncovered a major tunnel network extending from the northern part of the enclave to the south, a distance of more than six miles, the military revealed...
Rescue op a vital mini-success on the way to overall victory in Gaza
The overnight rescue operation of Israeli hostages Louis Har, 70, and Fernando Marman, 60, on Monday is a critical Israeli mini-success in the depth of Hamas’s last remaining stronghold of Rafah in the southern part of...
Hamas tunnels are 100s of miles longer than thought with 5,000-plus entry points
Hamas's network of terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip is even more extensive than previously thought, The New York Times cited senior Israeli defense officials as saying on Tuesday, with new assessments indicating it has upwards...
IDF intelligence: Hamas spent ‘tens of millions’ on Gaza terror tunnels
Hamas spent tens of millions of dollars, which was intended for the Gaza Strip, building underground terrorist infrastructure, the Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday evening, citing intelligence findings.
Hamas "opted to invest precious resources...