Israel Defence Force; Troops destroyed 130 Hamas tunnel shafts in Gaza since start of ground op. Forces uncover tunnel next to UNRWA school in Beit Hanoun, also find entrances next to structure with car batteries, thought to be hooked up to tunnel air filtration system. Some 130 tunnel shafts in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed since Israel launched its ground operation last month to dismantle Hamas’s infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave, the Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday. 2. Robots and sniffer dogs. Lior Akerman, senior fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy at Israel's Reichman University and a former senior Shin Bet official, said the ferocious aerial bombardment was meant to immobilise as much of Hamas' military infrastructure as possible before troops turned to battles underground in the tunnels. Security sources said troops on the gr
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