WATCH: IDF engineering units destroy large tunnel network in Rafah

May 19, 2025

Yahalom unit fighters destroyed a tunnel used by terrorists who killed Captain Noam Ravid and Staff Sergeant Yahli Sharor and injured two others.

While clearing the booby-trapped shaft, forces uncovered and eliminated another terrorist squad hiding inside the underground route.

Gaza tunnels, Hamas, IDF

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