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Taking out Hamas' million-dollar 'root' tunnel is game changer, analyst says
Fox News ^ | 11/23/25 | Emma Bussey

Posted on 11/23/2025 8:39:29 PM PST by Libloather

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) released a video showing what it describes as one of Hamas’s "most complex" underground infrastructures extending beneath the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

According to the IDF, the seven-kilometer-long "root tunnel" runs roughly 25 meters underground, contains about 80 rooms and was used for command operations, weapons storage and sheltering Hamas operatives.

The video shared on X on Nov. 20 travels through reinforced concrete passageways and large chambers, showing the sophistication and scale of Hamas’s underground network.

The Israeli military claims the tunnel originated beneath a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) compound and stretched beneath civilian sites.

"IDF troops uncovered one of Gaza’s largest and most complex underground routes, over 7 km long, ~25 meters deep, with ~80 hideouts, where abducted IDF officer Lt. Hadar Goldin was held," the post read.

Israeli analysts say the demolition of this tunnel marks a strategic blow to Hamas and "paves the path to its defeat."

"The destruction of this tunnel as well as many others like it or similar… as well as other terror facilities pushes Hamas to the edge," said Professor Kobi Michael, senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and the Misgav Institute.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: gaza; hamas; israel; tunnel

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The DNC's Hamas wing hardest hit. Video @ the link.
1 posted on 11/23/2025 8:39:29 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Everyone involved with Hamas there and HERE should be tried for murder and executed. No exceptions.


2 posted on 11/23/2025 9:09:43 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Libloather

The Economist says there is about 7,000 tons of unexploded bombs in Gaza.


3 posted on 11/23/2025 9:09:45 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather

“over 7 km long, ~25 meters deep, with ~80 hideouts...’The destruction of this tunnel as well as many others like it’”


4 posted on 11/23/2025 9:18:13 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: Libloather
The Israeli military claims the tunnel originated beneath a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) compound and stretched beneath civilian sites.

No surprise there.

5 posted on 11/23/2025 9:18:34 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Brian Griffin

“...the tunnel originated beneath a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) compound and stretched beneath civilian sites”.

So...the UN is aiding and abetting murder, terror, rape, beheadings, torture, war and violence?????? Kick them out of New York.


6 posted on 11/23/2025 10:02:54 PM PST by Netz ( and looking for a way ti IMPROVE mankind.)
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To: Brian Griffin

Why destroy it occupy it.

Turn it into ones own infrastructure.


7 posted on 11/24/2025 3:08:30 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: Libloather

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8 posted on 11/24/2025 4:30:21 AM PST by sauropod
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To: Libloather

“The Israeli military claims the tunnel originated beneath a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) compound and stretched beneath civilian sites.”

Way past time for the UN to be disbanded....their “peacekeepers” steal/rape/loot and abet the terrorists at every turn..


9 posted on 11/24/2025 5:13:17 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: Libloather

😳. Almost like the un was complicit. 😠


10 posted on 11/24/2025 5:26:05 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: Libloather

“The Israeli military claims the tunnel originated beneath a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) compound”

That is very serious and requires massive punishment for the UN like Jesse Helms would have. Probably disbanding the entire agency and demanding an Elon Doge style audit.


11 posted on 11/24/2025 6:24:52 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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“The Israeli military claims...” Maybe the IDF needs to take these journalists on a little tour.


12 posted on 11/24/2025 6:59:00 AM PST by Twotone ( What's the difference between a politician & a flying pig? The letter "F.")
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To: Netz

THE UN CANNOT BE TRUSTED ABOUT ANYTHING, IMO.


13 posted on 11/24/2025 7:26:01 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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