The Golani Brigade's engineering battalion, with assistance from soldiers from the elite Yahalom Unit, mapped out and sealed a Hamas terror tunnel near Khan Yunis's European Hospital in the south Gaza Strip, the military confirmed on Tuesday.
Sealing the tunnel involved using trucks and cement mixers to pour 250 cubic meters of concrete, the military added, noting that the operation was "carried out with precision and care to avoid damaging the hospital building."
This followed two weeks of operations by the Golani Brigade soldiers, who, along with IDF special forces and intelligence, conducted the operations to locate and map out a "large-scale underground Hamas infrastructure" near the European Hospital.
The IDF also noted that this area was where the body of assassinated Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Sinwar was found earlier in June, along with at least 10 other terrorists.
Who was Mohammed Sinwar?
Mohammed Sinwar was killed in an Israeli airstrike on May 13, the IDF confirmed on May 31.
He was the brother of Yahya Sinwar, the architect of Hamas's October 7 Massacre, who was killed by IDF personnel in October 2024.