The Israeli army announced today, Sunday, that it had found a giant tunnel belonging to the Palestinian Hamas movement, which is 4 kilometers long and extends to about 50 meters deep.

The Israeli army spokesman, Avichai Adraee, said in a statement on his official page on the “X” platform: “The IDF unveils the largest tunnel ever discovered, which is a giant project led by the so-called Muhammad Sinwar in the northern Gaza Strip.”

The statement added: “The IDF carried out exploratory operations in the tunnel and uncovered more than 4 kilometers of the tunnel’s path, with a maximum depth of about 50 metres.” The nearest tunnel opening is located about 400 meters from the Erez crossing, which was used. For the passage of workers, goods and patients in recent years

The statement indicated that “the tunnel path branches into several branches and side lines that constitute a wide and complex network of tunnels in themselves. The path contains infrastructure for sanitation, electricity, communications, and telephones, in addition to solid doors that were designed to prevent the entry of Israeli Defense Forces forces.” .

The statement also stated: “Attack operations were launched from the aforementioned tunnel targeting our forces during the fighting in the Gaza Strip. A few days ago, saboteurs were spotted inside the tunnel, and thus the IDF forces eliminated them.”

#Urgent The IDF unveils the largest terrorist tunnel ever discovered - a giant project led by the so-called Muhammad Al-Sanwar in the northern Gaza Strip

The Israeli army also announced, today, Sunday, that it targeted 200 sites throughout the Gaza Strip last night, pointing out that it was able to kill 7 members of the Palestinian Hamas movement in Khan Yunis, south of the Strip, in addition to destroying a weapons depot in Shuja’iya. North of the sector.

The Israeli army statement said: “Israeli army forces continue their operations in the Gaza Strip; about 200 targets were attacked in the last day,” according to the Times of Israel newspaper.

He pointed out that "Israeli forces carried out a raid on an operations center in the Shujaiya area," pointing out that Special Forces units and Air Force aircraft "destroyed a military warehouse located in the home of a Hamas activist. This warehouse was an important arming point for terrorist cells." In the region."

The Israeli army has continued military operations against the Gaza Strip, since the seventh of last October, when the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which controls the Strip, announced the start of Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood,” in which thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel and its forces stormed. Israeli towns adjacent to the Gaza Strip, which caused the death of about 1,400 Israelis in addition to the capture of about 250 others.

The battles included a truce that lasted for 7 days, which was reached with Egyptian, Qatari, and American mediation, during which prisoners of women and children were exchanged and agreed upon quantities of aid were brought into the Gaza Strip, before military operations were renewed on the first of this December.