On 24 October 2023, Hamas released the 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz, who had been taken hostage in Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Lifshitz described walking for two to three hours through damp tunnels until she and other hostages reached a large hall.

NORTHERN GAZA — As Israel says it has almost destroyed Hamas’ brigades in northern Gaza, its forces are preparing to blow up some of the hundreds of tunnels it says belonged to the militant...

Dec 31, 2023 · Hamas has said it is using the tunnels, and other safe places, to hide hostages seized in its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Hamas gunmen killed some 1,200 people and took 240 captives in the raid,...

Nov 6, 2023 · Hamas leaders have boasted that the labyrinth of tunnels is hundreds of miles long and full of traps. Israel’s military says it represents a major threat to its ground forces as they advance...

Dec 18, 2023 · Israel says Hamas, long designated a terror group by the U.S., Israel and many other nations, has used the tunnels to transport supplies and carry out attacks — including its unprecedented Oct. 7...

Nov 9, 2023 · More Israeli soldiers might die as the invading troops take the battle underground, into the feared Hamas tunnels.

Hamas' tunnel network is in fact a vast underground city with dozens of access points located throughout Gaza. Hamas uses these tunnels as weapons caches, bunkers, command centers and a concealed transportation artery for terrorists and weapons, including rocket launchers.

Jun 6, 2024 · Hamas’s use of tunnels is so advanced that it more closely resembles how states use underground structures to protect command-and-control centers than what is typical for nonstate actors. Hamas’s buildup of below-ground capabilities has shaken Israel’s assessment of subterranean threats.

Oct 20, 2023 · A network of tunnels built by the militant Hamas group presents a unique challenge that will make already difficult urban warfare more complex if there is an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza.

Oct 13, 2023 · Israel’s air force is getting more U.S.-made bombs to help it destroy the labyrinth of tunnels used by Hamas militants in Gaza to conceal weapons, fighters and hostages.