Watch: Fiery Explosion Rocks Gaza City as Israeli Troops Blow up Underground Terrorist Tunnel Network

Israel Defense Forces released video on Sunday showcasing its troops discovering and destroying a tunnel system said to be used by terrorists.

Members of IDF’s Yeftah Brigade are said to have cooperated with their nation’s armor, intelligence, and engineering forces to raid terrorist infrastructures in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza.

They were searching for tunnels used by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, according to a release from the IDF.

In the video, IDF troops can be seen wiring together explosives to destroy one such tunnel. An aerial view of that portion of Shejaiya is then shown, and a large explosion occurs. 

The destroyed tunnel is just one of several discoveries made by IDF troops, according to the release.

In the eastern part of the neighborhood, IDF troops discovered a shaft that led to a tunnel system. A missile launcher was near the entrance. Then, in the northern part of Shejaiya, IDF says that a combat team located shafts near the home of the terror group’s tunnel project director, Ahmed Samra.

IDF troops found “many weapons, training booklets of the terrorist organization, a battle register for the Oct. 7 attack and a book by Hitler” in the area of Samra’s home, the release says.

At one point during their search of the area and tunnels, IDF troops were attacked by terrorists. The terrorists had apparently planned to set off their own bombs to thwart the IDF and prevent the destruction of the entire tunnel system, but were engaged and eliminated before they could do so, the IDF says.

Troops also say that they destroyed a dozen buildings that were being used by the terrorist organization, along with the tunnel system.

One lieutenant colonel is quoted in the IDF’s release saying that the team’s work has “brought to an end the operation of the Islamic Jihad” in the area.