Gaza tunnels

Avinatan Or dug through Gaza cell in failed escape attempt, former hostage reveals

"In the army they always told us, there's no such thing as a 100% perfect defense, there will always be some weak point," he explained.

Avinatan Or returns home to hundreds cheering for him, October 21, 2025.
IDF troops operate in the northern Gaza Strip to defend and clear terrorist infrastructure from the area of the Yellow Line, September 2, 2026.

WATCH: IDF destroys Gaza tunnel, 26 km. worth destroyed east of Yellow Line amid ceasefire

IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend, April 14, 2026.

IDF Gaza Division seals two Hamas tunnels spanning two kilometers along Yellow Line

Jared Kushner speaks at the Board of Peace meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026; illustrative.

Kushner: US will back Israeli resumption of war if Hamas fails to honor disarmament commitments


Around 75% of Hamas's tunnels in Gaza not destroyed by IDF

Security sources also added that a significant number of smuggling tunnels crossing from Egypt to the Gaza strip are still intact.

 Part of a three kilometre-long tunnel route destroyed by the IDF in the central Gaza Strip, August 9, 2024.

Freed hostage Eli Sharabi details time in terror captivity to Channel 12's 'Uvda'

Freed hostage Eli Sharabi shared harrowing details of his 491-day captivity, the loss of his family, and the struggle to survive, in an interview with Channel 12's 'Uvda'.

 Ex-hostage Eli Sharabi reunites with family at Sheba Medical Center, January 8, 2025.

What will IDF's October 7 probes discover about Israel's Gaza defense policies?

The probes are expected to find that the military had an over-reliance for security visa vise Gaza on its multi-billion dollar, ultra hi-tech border fence.

Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.

The West is enabling Hamas’s propaganda and the hostages are paying the price - opinion

Hamas’s propaganda is fooling the West, whitewashing its brutality while Israeli hostages endure starvation and torture. The world must stop enabling their lies.

 HOSTAGE ELI SHARABI is released by Hamas terrorists this past Saturday. While comparisons to the Holocaust are often avoided, Holocaust survivors themselves have spoken out, drawing chilling parallels to concentration camps, the writer notes.

As hostage release continues, remember who real enemies are - comment

With so many dozens of hostages still unaccounted for, it’s still hard to breathe, but it’s been interspersed with gasps of joy.

 Israelis watch the release of three hostages from Hamas captivity as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, at hostage square in Tel Aviv, January 30, 2025.

Nutritional deficiencies of hostages in Gaza: Medical concerns for the released

Reports indicate their diet consisted mainly of bread, limited portions of rice, and even suspicions of being forced to drink seawater in place of potable water.

 Beilinson Hospital from the Clalit Health Services prepares to welcome more released hostages.

WATCH: IDF drone locates terrorist before IDF eliminates him in Jabalya

Using drone reconnaissance, the troops spotted three terrorists who approached and took cover in a nearby structure.

 A tunnel shaft used by a terrorist in the Gaza Strip, January 11, 2024.

'Over 300 terrorists eliminated': Kfir Brigade finishes nearly three-month north Gaza op.

Over the course of three months, the Kfir Brigade eliminated numerous terrorists, destroyed tunnels, and located weapons.

 Kfir Brigade soldiers operate in northern Gaza, January 7, 2025.

An ‘estimated 40% of Hamas tunnels’ still remaining, Israeli expert tells TML

IDF is continuing to find weapons depots, Hamas terrorists, and tunnels. Hamas' military abilities cannot be defeated as quickly as critics of the IDF strategy would like to believe. 

 IDF soldiers uncover tunnel route in the Gaza Strip, November 2, 2024.

Overlooked warning: Rescued hostage's testimony could've stopped Rafah tragedy - report

Despite repeating his account twice, Alkadi's claims were dismissed. A few days later, the bodies of six hostages were discovered in the same tunnel.

 Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Alexander Lobanov and Almog Sarusi.