IDF Says It Demolished 1.5-Kilometer Tunnel in Northern Gaza
Israeli combat engineers destroyed an underground route east of the Yellow Line, the military announced Tuesday, as operations against terrorist infrastructure continue in the Israeli-held part of Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces said on October 6 that its troops had destroyed a tunnel route approximately 1.5 kilometers long in northern Gaza. The announcement identified the Northern Brigade, operating under the 99th Division, and Southern Command engineering forces as the units involved.
The military placed the operation east of the Yellow Line. Its official update appeared at 10:30 a.m. Israel time, but did not give a date for the demolition itself. The Times of Israel described the work as having taken place recently.
An engineering operation inside the Israeli-held area
The reported route measured just under a mile. The IDF presented its destruction as part of continuing work to clear terrorist infrastructure from northern Gaza.
The Times of Israel, reporting the military's announcement, described the broader effort as removing Hamas infrastructure from the portion of the territory held by Israeli forces. Its report did not establish the particular tunnel's operational role.
The announcement did not detail what was found inside the route or how it had been used.
The Yellow Line defines the reported location
JNS also reported the demolition, locating the route inside the IDF-controlled area east of the ceasefire line. According to its account, the military said its forces remained deployed under the October 2025 ceasefire arrangement and continued acting against immediate threats.
The reported work forms part of that continuing deployment.
A reported result in the continuing tunnel operation
For Israel's campaign against underground military infrastructure, the reported demolition represents a specific engineering result: a route the military says it has destroyed.
The tunnel's dimensions and destruction remain the military's account. The reports reviewed did not independently establish those operational details.
The military described its engineering work as ongoing, placing the demolition within the wider effort to remove underground terrorist infrastructure from the area.
