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Beit Hanoun

Beit Hanoun is a Palestinian city in the northeastern Gaza Strip, near the Israeli border. Known as a recurring flashpoint in Israeli-Palestinian conflict due to its border position and persistent militant activity. Recently, the city has seen intensive IDF tunnel-clearing operations and has been invoked by Israeli officials as a symbol of military destruction. Last updated Jul 7th, 2026

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IDF: A months-long engineering operation in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, uncovered and destroyed approximately 11 km of Hamas tunnel routes.

The 252nd Division and the Combat Engineering Corps' Yahalom unit carried out hundreds of drillings along the Yellow Line, demolishing underground infrastructure and hundreds of surface sites.