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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-788151
Video: IDF Destroys Tunnel Used by Hamas Leaders
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - The IDF on Wednesday revealed a strategic tunnel in Khan Yunis that Hamas' leadership used during the war, which the army has since destroyed. The IDF's elite anti-tunnel Yahalom unit has destroyed 11 strategic tunnels that constitute the "center of gravity" of Hamas' tunnel network, with each one requiring an investment of millions of shekels. As the IDF explored the tunnel network, it used special intelligence methods to identify Hamas terrorists, which made it easier to kill them in battle. Once the IDF had eliminated the Hamas forces protecting the inner strategic tunnel area, they found extensive sleeping quarters, electric and water infrastructure, bathrooms, and kitchens stocked with food. The IDF said this strategic tunnel runs for more than a kilometer and had been used by Hamas leaders to manage the war. Yahalom has found 1,325 grenades, 940 improvised explosives, 696 rocket-propelled grenades, and many other weapons. The unit has mapped over 100 km. of tunnels and completely destroyed over 317 significant tunnel shafts, in addition to neutralizing a much larger number of tunnel shafts.