IDF Seals Beit Hanoun Tunnel | WATCH

The IDF released the following statement today (Friday) regarding operations in Beit Hanoun, a major Hamas stronghold and source of many lethal ambushes during the war:

"Since the start of the war, the IDF, led by the Southern Command, has been working to dismantle underground infrastructure belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip.

"Over the past four weeks, the Southern Command’s Engineering Corps troops led a large-scale operation to seal a central underground tunnel route approximately 7 kilometers long, in the Beit Hanoun area of the northern Gaza Strip.

"The operation was carried out in cooperation between the troops of the Southern Command’s Engineering Corps, the 99th and 162nd Divisions, the Yahalom Unit, and with the assistance of troops from the 646th, Givati, and the Northern Brigades. The operations involved pumping more than 20,000 cubic meters of sealing material through a dedicated system established along approximately 4.5 kilometers - from the border area near Netiv HaAsara to the heart of the underground tunnel route.

"The operation was possible due to precise engineering planning, combining advanced technological capabilities and innovative methods implemented for the first time, this led to the complete sealing of the terror tunnel.

"At the same time, the effort to dismantle underground tunnel routes in Beit Hanoun through neutralization continues, during which approximately 2.4 additional kilometers of underground infrastructure have been dismantled so far.

"The two combined efforts resulted in significant damage to the Beit Hanoun Battalion and its operational defeat.

"The sealing of the tunnel route constitutes another blow to Hamas’ terrorist infrastructure, both above and below ground."

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