{"id":24964,"date":"2025-05-29T13:30:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=24964"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:30:36","slug":"idf-forces-destroy-tunnels-and-eliminate-terrorists-who-fled-from-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/idf-forces-destroy-tunnels-and-eliminate-terrorists-who-fled-from-them\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF Forces Destroy Tunnels and Eliminate Terrorists Who Fled from Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past month, combat soldiers from the IDF\u2019s Southern Brigade, under Gaza Division 143, completed a focused operation to destroy terror and underground infrastructure in the security zone in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this operation, the Southern Brigade and Yahalom combat engineers uncovered and destroyed an offensive tunnel route stretching several hundred meters. The tunnel had multiple exit shafts, some of which were booby-trapped. During the activity, forces also spotted a squad of terrorists emerging from one of the shafts \u2014 and eliminated them on the spot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gxpmbsS1ioo?si=azwTVXddmTWAsRKH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Documentation of the Destruction of the Underground Route | Photo: IDF Spokesperson&#8217;s Unit<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24966\" style=\"width: 1224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yahalom-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1224\" height=\"718\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yahalom-2.webp 1224w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yahalom-2-300x176.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yahalom-2-1024x601.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yahalom-2-768x451.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Booby-trapped shafts discovered by IDF forces | Photo: IDF Spokesperson&#8217;s Unit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thus far, IDF forces have eliminated dozens of terrorists, destroyed underground infrastructure, and expanded the buffer zone protecting communities in the western Negev.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operations in Gaza Continue Intensively<\/strong><br \/>\nIn parallel, IDF Southern Command, in coordination with Military Intelligence and the Shin Bet, continues to operate forcefully throughout the Gaza Strip in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Air Force jets targeted and destroyed a rocket launcher used to fire toward Kissufim earlier this week. They also eliminated terrorists planning to carry out sniper and anti-tank attacks against maneuvering IDF troops.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past several days, the IDF struck dozens more targets across Gaza, including anti-tank positions, weapons depots, underground infrastructure, and military buildings.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05ea\u05d9\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05e4\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d2\u05e8 | \u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8 \u05e6\u05d4&quot;\u05dc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SfImOTkC6W\">pic.twitter.com\/SfImOTkC6W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u05d3\u05e1\u05e7 \u05e8\u05d2\u05e2 (@deskrega) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deskrega\/status\/1927694920506020140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Brigade forces and elite combat engineering soldiers (Yahalom) destroyed an attack tunnel hundreds of meters long and located booby-trapped shafts in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":24965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,6],"tags":[2424,1477,1475,1678],"class_list":["post-24964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-security","tag-gaza-strip","tag-hamas","tag-idf","tag-terror-tunnels"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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