{"id":121480,"date":"2023-11-09T12:29:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T12:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/?p=121480"},"modified":"2023-11-09T12:29:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T12:29:22","slug":"israel-obliterates-130-hamas-tunnels-as-its-grip-on-gaza-city-tightens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gendermyn.com\/world-news\/israel-obliterates-130-hamas-tunnels-as-its-grip-on-gaza-city-tightens\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel obliterates 130 Hamas tunnels as its grip on Gaza City tightens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel: Police rescue young girls after Hamas attack<\/h3>\n

Israel has obliterated 130 tunnels crafted by Hamas since the war began last month as its grip on Gaza City tightened.<\/p>\n

That’s according to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) which said its combat engineers were making huge inroads into securing the “expansion” of its operation in Gaza.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Wednesday, IDF said it was “destroying the enemy’s weapons and are locating, exposing and detonating tunnel shafts”.<\/p>\n

It continued: “With the expansion of the ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the soldiers are thwarting Hamas\u2019 terrorist infrastructure,” the IDF said in a press release on Wednesday.”<\/p>\n

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The statement noted that as part of its “ground forces’ activity in the Gaza Strip, IDF soldiers are currently working to expose and destroy Hamas\u2019 tunnels”.<\/p>\n

As a result, since the war began on October 7, 130 tunnels have been destroyed.<\/p>\n

It added that Hamas’ “preparation for a prolonged stay in the tunnels can be seen based on water and oxygen means found in the tunnels”.<\/p>\n

Among the tunnels hit included one near a United Nations Relief and Works Agency-sponsored school in the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza.<\/p>\n

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It comes as Malaysia vowed to maintain its ties with Hamas, despite pressure for it to “punish the group as a terrorist organization”.<\/p>\n

The country’s prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, issued the response after he was pressed on the potential economic repercussions of supporting Israel’s opposition in the war.<\/p>\n

The US has been among the most vocal, demanding Malaysia cut ties with Hamas, with demands being made by Washington.<\/p>\n

Anwar said he “will not accept any threats” after the Hamas International Financing Prevention Act was passed in the House of Representatives before final approval in the Senate.<\/p>\n