This footage was filmed and produced 5 January 2024.

Over the past week, troops of the 179th Armored Brigade, Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit, and elite Yahalom combat engineering unit raided a Hamas compound, where they located several tunnel shafts, the IDF says.

The tunnel shafts led to an underground network spanning hundreds of meters, according to the IDF, which adds that troops located a cache of weapons, including mortars, grenades, and RPGs.

Nearby, several more tunnel shafts were found by Shayetet 13 and Yahalom forces, which led to another underground network of branching tunnels, the IDF says.

The IDF says the tunnels featured blast doors, and behind them, the troops found a weapons manufacturing plant. The underground room had machinery, cooling fans, explosive materials, and rocket fuel.

The tunnels were later destroyed by combat engineers.

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