Army strikes in Gaza seal off tunnel тАФ intended for both smuggling and attacks according to IDF тАФ that reached 900 meters into Israel
┬аThe Israeli army on Tuesday afternoon struck what it said was a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip that extended hundreds of meters into Egyptian and Israeli territory.
The IDF said the U-shaped attack tunnel destroyed near Rafah and the Kerem Shalom border crossing was still under construction and not yet usable.
┬аThe military said the tunnel crossed from Gaza into Egypt and from there into southern Israel, and was intended both for smuggling weapons and for attacks against Israel.
Its full length was around 2 kilometers (1.2 miles), the army said, and the segment inside Israeli territory was 900 meters (half a mile) long.
The military discovered the tunnel in the past two weeks, an army spokesperson said.
The army called the tunnelтАЩs design тАЬunique.тАЭ
Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-destroys-unique-hamas-tunnel-extending-900-meters-into-israel/