US EditionInside the 7km-Long Gaza Tunnel Where Hamas Kept Israeli Soldier Hadar Goldin’s Body for over 11 Years
The tunnel included 80 rooms and weapons, serving as a Hamas staging ground and hiding Lt. Hadar Goldin’s remains for over 11 years, IDF said.
- Israel Defense Forces' Southern Command uncovered a tunnel complex in southern Rafah, led by the Yahalom combat engineering unit and Shayetet 13 naval commandos with divisional support.
- On August 1, 2014, Lt. Hadar Goldin was kidnapped as a 72-hour ceasefire began at 8:00 a.m., and his family fought for more than 11 years to bring him home.
- Stretching more than 7 kilometers and roughly 25 meters deep, the tunnel network contained about 80 rooms including command centers and stored weapons as staging areas.
- The discovery confirmed where Goldin had been held and evidence recovered by IDF units allowed the army to declare his death after more than 11 years, while IDF troops under the Southern Command will continue operations.
- Running beneath a dense residential neighborhood near the Philadelphi Corridor and a UN compound, the IDF said they found senior Hamas operatives including Muhammad Shabana in the tunnels.
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Inside the 7km-long Gaza tunnel where Hamas kept Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin’s body for over 11 years
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday shared a video of an underground tunnel in Rafah, Gaza, where it said Hamas held the remains of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin. The Israeli officer was killed during the 2014 war between Israel and the Palestinian military group, and his body was taken into Gaza. The structure, the military said, was ‘one of the most significant and complex’ tunnels it found in the southern Gaza Strip
IDF Reveals Tunnel That Held Lt. Hadar Goldin: "One Of The Most Significant Ever Found”
by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Worthy News Jerusalem Bureau Staff (Worthy News) – The Israel Defense Forces announced Thursday that it uncovered one of the most extensive and sophisticated Hamas tunnel systems discovered to date, a sprawling underground route running more than seven kilometers (4.3 miles) and plunging approximately 25 meters (82 feet) underground beneath Rafah. According to the IDF, the network contained around 80 rooms us…
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IDF uncovers 7 kilometer-long Gaza terror tunnel where Hamas held Hadar Goldin
The route runs beneath a dense residential area near the Philadelphi Corridor and continues under sensitive civilian sites, including a UNRWA compound, mosques, clinics, kindergartens, and schools.
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