IDF Destroys Hamas Naval Terror Tunnel
During airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip last week, the IDF attacked a military post belonging to Hamas' special naval forces and demolished an offensive terror tunnel leading to the sea
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| 10/06/2018
Illustration: IDF
IDF Spokesperson announced on Sunday that it had neutralized a naval terror tunnel belonging to Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to the IDF statement, during airstrikes last Sunday, the IAF attacked a military post belonging to Hamas’ special naval forces in the northern Gaza Strip. During this strike, an offensive terror tunnel, which leads to the sea, was destroyed.
The route of the tunnel, which reached a depth of 2-3 meters and was 3 kilometers from the border with Israel, was identified by the IDF as part of a campaign against Hamas’s naval force in the past year.
According to a senior naval officer, the Navy knew about the tunnel for several months, and it was decided it was the “right time” to destroy it.
“The bottom line is that it was a tunnel that would allow for the departure of Hamas naval commando forces,” the officer said, adding that Hamas invested a great deal of money in it and trained forces in the tunnel.
“We estimate that there may be more such naval tunnels,” the senior officer said.
[Source: The Jerusalem Post]
During airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip last week, the IDF attacked a military post belonging to Hamas' special naval forces and demolished an offensive terror tunnel leading to the sea
Illustration: IDF
IDF Spokesperson announced on Sunday that it had neutralized a naval terror tunnel belonging to Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to the IDF statement, during airstrikes last Sunday, the IAF attacked a military post belonging to Hamas’ special naval forces in the northern Gaza Strip. During this strike, an offensive terror tunnel, which leads to the sea, was destroyed.
The route of the tunnel, which reached a depth of 2-3 meters and was 3 kilometers from the border with Israel, was identified by the IDF as part of a campaign against Hamas’s naval force in the past year.
According to a senior naval officer, the Navy knew about the tunnel for several months, and it was decided it was the “right time” to destroy it.
“The bottom line is that it was a tunnel that would allow for the departure of Hamas naval commando forces,” the officer said, adding that Hamas invested a great deal of money in it and trained forces in the tunnel.
“We estimate that there may be more such naval tunnels,” the senior officer said.
[Source: The Jerusalem Post]
