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The route runs beneath a dense residential area near the Philadelphi Corridor and continues under sensitive civilian sites, including a UNRWA compound, mosques, clinics, kindergartens, and schools.<\/p>\n
The IDF on Thursday uncovered an underground tunnel route more than 7 kilometers long and around 25 meters deep in Rafah, Gaza, where the remains of Lt. Hadar Goldin<\/a> were held by Hamas.<\/p>\n The route runs beneath a dense residential area near the Philadelphi Corridor and continues under sensitive civilian sites, including a UNRWA compound<\/a>, mosques, clinics, kindergartens, and schools, the IDF said.<\/p>\n Inside, troops located roughly 80 hideouts and command-and-control rooms that senior Hamas operatives used to store weapons, live long term, and plan attacks.<\/p>\n Among the senior Hamas figures who used the complex was Mohammad Shabaneh, commander of the Rafah Brigade, the IDF stated.<\/p>\n IDF soldiers seen operating in the vicinity of the tunnel in which Hadar Goldin was kept, November 20, 2025 (IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)<\/em><\/p>\n The IDF’s Nahal Brigade destroyed the tunnel<\/a> used by Hamas terrorists to kidnap Goldin during Operation Protective Edge in August 2014 earlier this month.<\/p>\n Goldin was killed and kidnapped by terrorists while attempting to dismantle a terror tunnel during a supposed ceasefire.<\/p>\n He was held in Gaza for 4,118 days and returned<\/a> on November 9, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nGaza terror tunnel used to kidnap Hadar Goldin destroyed<\/h3>\n