Israel orders destruction of all Hamas tunnels

Israel has ordered its army to destroy and obliterate all Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip.

Israel orders destruction of all Hamas tunnels
7 November, 2025   14:04
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Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced on Friday that he has ordered the army to destroy and obliterate all Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip.

"If there are no tunnels, there will be no Hamas," Katz added in a tweet on his X account, according to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

Last month, Katz stated that the "demilitarization of Gaza" operation is not limited to disarming the factions, but also includes "the complete elimination of Hamas's tunnel network."

He indicated that he had instructed the army to make this file a central priority in the Israeli-controlled "yellow zone."

Israeli army estimates in October indicated that Hamas operatives remained entrenched in tunnels belonging to the movement on the eastern side of the "yellow line," representing 53 percent of the Israeli-controlled Gaza Strip.

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