The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) on Thursday launched video footage of what it stated is a serious Hamas tunnel community in southern Gaza, the place the physique of Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin was allegedly held lately earlier than being returned final week.The IDF described the tunnel as “one of the vital vital and sophisticated” it has discovered within the Strip. Based on the army, the system stretches greater than seven kilometers, reaches a depth of about 25 meters, and contains round 80 separate rooms.The route runs beneath a densely populated residential space close to the Philadelphi Hall and extends below delicate civilian spots similar to a UNRWA compound, mosques, clinics, kindergartens and faculties. “The route runs beneath a densely populated residential neighborhood close to the Philadelphi Hall and continues by delicate civilian areas, together with a UNRWA compound, mosques, clinics, kindergartens and faculties,” the IDF stated.The underground complicated was uncovered throughout a Southern Command operation in southern Rafah, led by the Yahalom fight engineering unit together with naval commandos from Shayetet 13.Inside, the IDF stated it discovered rooms the place Hamas operatives lived for lengthy durations, saved weapons, and deliberate assaults. Some rooms functioned as command posts for senior Hamas commanders, together with Muhammad Shabana, the previous Rafah Brigade commander who was killed in Could alongside prime Hamas chief Mohammed Sinwar, in line with the army.Earlier this month, Hamas stated it had recovered Goldin’s physique from a tunnel in Rafah, an space now below IDF management. Israeli forces had been looking out the area for the soldier’s stays over the previous 12 months however didn’t have exact intelligence on his location.A day after the announcement, Hamas returned Goldin’s stays to Israel, greater than 11 years after he was killed and kidnapped in the course of the 2014 Gaza Battle.