It has been reported that Israel’s elite engineer special forces have been deployed to ground operations in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on the 4th (local time) that members of the Yahalom unit, along with engineers from the 7107th Battalion and infantrymen from the Nahal and Negev brigades, discovered a number of tunnel entrances in the north of the Gaza Strip.
The IDF said, “The military blew up the tunnel, planted explosives, and neutralized the tunnel.” The IDF also released a video showing soldiers discovering a tunnel and blowing it up.
Yahalom Unit, established in 1995, is responsible for △destruction through the installation of explosives △removal and disposal of bombs, mines, and unexploded ordnance.
It specializes in searching and destroying smuggling tunnels, managing chemical, biological and radiological results, and military special operations against guerrilla warfare.
Most of their activities and most of the equipment and facilities the unit develops for operations are classified.
Yahalom played a key role in destroying Hamas’ tunnel infrastructure and defending its troops during Operation Protective Edge, conducted by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip from July 8 to August 26, 2014, the UDF said.
Meanwhile, Hamas is expected to use underground tunnels strategically in the urban battle that is in full swing. Using tunnels with a total length of 500 km that cover every corner of the Gaza Strip, Hamas fighters launch a surprise attack against Israeli soldiers roaming the city center and then quickly hide in the underground world.
The tunnels that Hamas has painstakingly built over the past 15 years are being used for a variety of purposes, including attacks, smuggling, and storage. In an interview with Reuters on the 26th of last month, Reserve Brigadier General Amir Abibi, who previously served as deputy commander of the Israeli army while stationed in the Gaza Strip, said, “The 40-50m deep tunnel not only contains bunkers, headquarters, and storage facilities, but is also connected to over a thousand rocket launch points. “There is,” he testified.
Source: Donga
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