Tunnel

WATCH: IDF uncovers expansive Hezbollah tunnel complex under Beaufort Castle

At the end of May, the IDF announced that it had captured the Beaufort Ridge, which it had previously held between 1982 and 2000, when Israeli forces withdrew from Lebanon.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
The IDF released footage of IDF soldiers inside tunnels under Beaufort, southern Lebanon, published June 7, 2026.
Israeli security forces at the scene where a house was hit by an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon in Metula near the Israeli-Lebanese border, May 25, 2026.

Israelis are paying a heavy price for the IDF's restraint in Lebanon - analysis

As the October 7 massacre so painfully illustrated, sometimes the price of inaction is greater than the risk of action.

|ByHERB KEINON
The mysterious, ancient tunnel found near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel on the outskirts of Jerusalem, May 14, 2026.

Ancient tunnel with unknown age, purpose found near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel ahead of Jerusalem Day

After descending a set of ancient stairs from the surface, archaeologists found themselves standing at the hewn opening of the tunnel, found to be filled with hundreds of years of ancient sewage.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
An Israeli soldier smokes a cigarette near the Israeli border with Lebanon in northern Israel, May 1, 2026.

WATCH: IDF destroys 30-meter-long Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon

Dozens of explosive devices and anti-tank missiles were located in the tunnel, with several weapons storage facilities additionally located in the area around the tunnel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

WATCH: IDF soldiers find tunnel entrance next to crib in Gaza home

The tunnel, originating from the basement of a building, led directly into a children's room, adjacent to a baby's crib.

DECEMBER 17, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Hamas tunnel shaft discovered in a civilian area.

IDF takes over, destroys Hamas's Shejaia headquarters

The IDF eliminated terrorists, located tunnel entrances, and destroyed terrorist infrastructure across the Gaza Strip.

DECEMBER 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip. December 2023

Hamas: 'Our tunnels are immune to Israel's surveillance attempts'

"The tunnels are an integral part of the resistance, and all potential consequences and expected attacks have been taken into account."

DECEMBER 15, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
A terrorist from the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip.

Flooding Hamas tunnels could destroy Gaza's last water source

“This groundwater, which comes from the coastal aquifer, is the only water source accessible to Gazans within the territory of the Gaza Strip.”

DECEMBER 14, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A Palestinian fighter of the Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip, on May 18, 2022.

IDF begins pumping seawater into Hamas tunnels in Gaza -WSJ

In 2015, Egypt flooded tunnels between the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula with seawater.

DECEMBER 12, 2023ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A terrorist from the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas commanders hiding in tunnels killed by IDF

In the attack on the tunnel where the terrorist organization's commanders were hiding, IDF forces, guided by the Shin Bet and Military intelligence, eliminated the Hamas terrorists.

DECEMBER 5, 2023ByTAL LEV-RAM/MAARIV
The senior Hamas officers of the northern brigade of the Gaza Strip and the Gaza City Brigade who were eliminated

Israel is preparing to flood the Hamas tunnel network in Gaza

Some US officials expressed concern about the plan while others support it.

DECEMBER 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
An IDF soldier secures a tunnel underneath Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023.

Israel-Hamas war: IDF soldiers uncover 400 tunnel shafts in Gaza

Tunnels have been found near or directly under residences, schools, hospitals, cemeteries, and different agricultural spots.

NOVEMBER 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of a cross-border attack tunnel dug from Gaza to Israel.

IDF breaches blast door in tunnel under Gaza's Shifa Hospital

The IDF will be publishing an interactive website in English and Arabic presenting how Hamas uses hospitals for terrorist activity.

NOVEMBER 22, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A blast door breached by the IDF in a tunnel under Shifa hospital in Gaza.

With mapping robots and blast gel, Israel wages war on Hamas tunnels

Tunnels stretch hundreds of kilometers under Gaza, Israel says Israeli hostages are held in some tunnels

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByREUTERS
A Palestinian fighter of the Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip. May 18, 2022.