IDF Paratroopers discovered a terror tunnel containing dozens of rockets in the southern Gaza Strip, which was subsequently destroyed by engineering units, the military announced on Wednesday.
The tunnel was found as troops worked to clear the Israeli-held area of the Gaza Strip, delineated by the Yellow Line, of terrorist infrastructure both above and below ground.
A video released by the IDF shows footage from a body camera on a military dog of the IDF’s K9 unit, Oketz, exploring the cave and finding dozens of munitions.
The use of dogs in reconnaissance is especially common in tunnels, as they help soldiers mitigate exceptional threats in unknown, dark, and cramped conditions.
Terror tunnel destroyed by IDF engineers
Hamas, Islamic Jihad terrorists killed by IDF in recent days
The IDF has destroyed many kilometers of Hamas terror tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip in recent months, as operations in the area continue.
Additionally, on Sunday, the IDF confirmed the killing of three terrorists from three separate terror groups in the Gaza Strip in the previous week.
On Saturday, the IDF killed Alaa Imad Khamis Tarams, a terrorist from Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) in Gaza City, as well as Hassan Ibrahim Shehadeh Qahman from Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the military said.
The IDF also stated that it had killed Ahmad Khudar, a commander in Hamas’s Jabalya Battalion, the week prior.
