Posted on 12/10/17
| News Source: YWN
The IDF announced on Sunday, 22 Kislev, another Hamas tunnel originating in Gaza and stretching into southern Israel has been discovered and destroyed. This tunnel, which stretches several hundred meters into Israel, originates in Khan Yunis, opening into Israeli agricultural lands about a kilometer from the closed community in the Eshkol Regional Council. It is the second tunnel discovered within a month.
Officials report this latest tunnel was dug in recent weeks and it was found in the area that does not have the new tunnel barrier in place yet. The last tunnel, which was attributed to the Islamic Jihad, was discovered in October and detonated too, as the military continue operating along the border, always searching for tunnels. A number of terrorists were killed when the last tunnel, and to date, Israel has refused to return the bodies until such time Hamas returns the remains of Lt. Hadar Goldin HY”D and Sgt. Saul Oren HY”D, both killed in Operation Protective Edge during fighting in Rafiach and their bodies were stolen by Hamas during the exchange of gunfire with the IDF force.