The sources did not say why the tunnel, located in eastern Shejaiya in northern Gaza, collapsed.
A statement from izz ad-Dine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of de facto Gaza rulers Hamas, said a member was killed in the collapse of “a resistance tunnel.”
Hamas has created a network of underground tunnels that enable the movement of arms and fighters throughout the coastal Palestinian enclave. Some extend into Israel, and were used to carry out attacks during the July-August 2014 war with the Jewish state. (READ MORE)
