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Israel says 55-metre fortified tunnel found under Gaza's Shifa hospital
Israel published video on Nov. 19, 2023, of what it described as a tunnel dug under the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital, seen in this still from video. (Israel Defense Forces / AP)Israel published video on Nov. 19, 2023, of what it described as a tunnel dug under the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital, seen in this still from video. (Israel Defense Forces / AP)
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JERUSALEM - Israel published video on Sunday of what it described as a tunnel dug by Palestinian militants under the Gaza Strip(opens in a new tab)'s biggest hospital, a focus of its search-and-destroy missions against Hamas in a war now in its seventh week.
While acknowledging that it has a network of hundreds of kilometres of secret tunnels, bunkers and access shafts throughout the Palestinian enclave, Hamas has denied that these are located in civilian infrastructure like hospitals.
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In an update on operations in Gaza City's Al Shifa Hospital, the Israeli military said its engineers had uncovered a tunnel 10 meters deep and running 55 meters to a blast-proof door.
"This type of door is used by the Hamas terrorist organization to block Israeli forces from entering the command centres and the underground assets belonging to Hamas," said a military statement accompanied by video showing a narrow passage with arched concrete roofing, ending at a grey door.
The statement did not say what was beyond the door. The tunnel had been accessed through a shaft discovered in a shed within the Shifa compound that contained munitions, it said.
(Writing by Dan Williams; editing by David Holmes)