(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - The IDF will continue working to uncover all sections of the recently-discovered Hamas tunnel over the next few weeks to ensure that there are no other exit shafts inside Israel. Simultaneously, Israel is developing a technological system to detect and destroy the Gaza tunnels, to be completed within two years. The IDF is providing its infantry battalions with equipment specifically designed for tunnel combat. These include mini walkie talkies which can function underground, oxygen masks, night-vision equipment which can be used in complete darkness, handguns, and lighter body armor. Infantry soldiers will receive training in tunnel combat at special IDF training facilities. In the past, a combat unit that discovered a tunnel needed to call in Yahalom, a special unit of combat engineers, to deal with it. Now, any infantry battalion will be able to quickly and effectively neutralize the tunnel threat.
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