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The ‘Curse’: So far 1 Hamas terrorist dead in Gaza terror-tunnel collapse

Arab media speculates the Hamas terror-tunnel may have collapsed after the IDF detected it and “employed special technological measures to make it collapse.

By  Daniel Siryoti

 

At least one Hamas operative was killed Sunday and seven others sustained moderate-to-serious injuries when a terror tunnel collapsed in northern Gaza.

Khalil Muhammad of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas was killed in the collasp of a terror-tunnel in Gaza. – Photo: Hamas

According to Palestinian media, the incident took place east of Beit Lahiya. Local rescue services rushed the injured to a hospital in the Strip and shortly thereafter Hamas’ Interior Ministry confirmed that one of its operatives had died in the incident. Continue Reading »

Gaza terror-tunnel collapses killing yet another Hamas terrorist

Operative from Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades was killed in the latest tunnel collapse in the terrorist enclave.

By Elad Benari

 

A Hamas terrorist was killed on Sunday when a tunnel collapsed on him in central Gaza.

According to the International Middle East Media Center, the incident took place near Deir al-Balah.

Funeral for another Hamas terrorists – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The terrorist, a member of Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades, was identified as Tha’er Nayef az-Zare’ey, 30.

Several dozen Hamas terrorists have died in tunnel collapses over the last two years, as Hamas has been busily reconstructing its terror tunnel network breaching into Israeli territory and which was targeted by Israel during the 2014 counterterror operation. Continue Reading »

Seasoned Hamas Terrorists Dies of Too Much Sand as Terror-Tunnel Collapses

A 31 yr-old Hamas terrorist died from a ‘work accident’ while in a Gaza “resistance tunnel,” the group reported.

By Elad Benari

 

A Hamas terrorist died on Wednesday after what was believed to be the collapse of an attack tunnel in Gaza, the group said, according to AFP.

The terrorist, Mahmud al-Safadi, 31, died “during his work in one of the resistance tunnels,” a statement from Hamas’s armed wing said.

The statement did not provide further details of the incident or the location but Arabic media reported a partial collapse of a tunnel.

Several dozen Hamas terrorists have died in tunnel collapses in the past year, most of them in similar “working accidents”. Continue Reading »

Dropping like flies: Another terror-tunnel collapses killing another Hamas terrorist

Following the two other dead terrorist that died last week, this terrorist belonging to Al-Qassam Brigades smothered to death while working on yet another tunnel meant for future Gaza terror activities.

By Tal Polon

 

Officials in the Gaza strip announced this morning, Tuesday, that a 24-year-old terrorist had died while working in a terror tunnel near Rafiah in southern Gaza.

According to Arab media outlet reports, the terrorist belonged to the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.

A Hamas terror-tunnel leading from Gaza to Israel – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The report comes after two other terrorists died in separate tunnel collapses in Gaza last week. Continue Reading »

Two Hamas terrorists died in separate tunnel collapses in Gaza

According to an AFP report, a Hamas terrorist died in a collapsed tunnel in Gaza City and another Hamas terrorist in Khan Yunis was also killed when the tunnel he was in collapsed.

By Elad Benari, Canada,

 

Two Hamas terrorists died in separate tunnel collapses in Gaza overnight Thursday, the group said on Friday, according to AFP.

Khalil al-Dimyati, 32, and Yusef Abu Abed, 22, were killed after two “resistance tunnels” collapsed, Hamas said, referring to tunnels used for military purposes.

A Hamas terror-tunnel leading from Gaza to Israel – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

It did provide details of the locations or causes of the collapses, but confirmed the two men were members of Hamas’s armed wing. Continue Reading »

Another Gaza terror-tunnel collapses, killing Hamas militant

 

The 20yr-old Gaza militant, a member of Hamas’s armed wing, was pronounced dead en route to hospital.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A Palestinian Hamas operative was killed on Monday morning as a tunnel collapsed on top of him east of Gaza. Several reports named the man as 20-year-old Anas Musa Abu-Shawish, a Gaza resident and a member of Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzadin Kassam Brigade.

Abu-Shawish was evacuated to receive medical treatment following the tunnel’s collapse but was already pronounced dead en route to the hospital.

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Gaza terror-tunnel collapses killing Hamas terrorist

 

The collapse of a “resistance tunnel”, the type dug for terror operations against Israel, killed yet another Hamas terrorist, this time in Khan Yunis.

By Elad Benari

 

A Hamas terrorist was killed on Friday as a tunnel collapsed in southern Gaza, the terrorist group which controls Gaza said, according to the AFP news agency.

The group said Yussef al-Agha died in Khan Yunis in the collapse of a “resistance tunnel”, the type dug for terror operations against Israel.

Hamas has been busily reconstructing its terror tunnel network breaching into Israeli territory and which was targeted by Israel during the 2014 counterterror operation. Continue Reading »

REPORT: 21 Hamas terrorists died in collapses of terror-tunnels in 2016

 

Hamas reported that 21 members of its Islamic Palestinian militant groups were killed by the collapse of their attack-tunnels in Gaza during 2016.

By Ben Ariel

 

Hamas said on Sunday that 21 of its members were killed in tunnel collapses in Gaza during 2016, Kol Yisrael radio reported.

According to the terror group, seven of the 21 were killed in a tunnel in eastern Gaza City which collapsed six months ago during work to repair the damage caused to the tunnel by Israel during Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

Hamas terrorists from-the izz ad din al qassam brigades at funeral - photo: Wikimedia Commons

Hamas terrorists from the Izz ad din al Qassam brigades at funeral – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Hamas has been busily reconstructing its terror tunnel network breaching into Israeli territory and which was targeted by Israel during the 2014 counterterror operation. Continue Reading »

Two Hamas terrorists died in another terror-tunnel collapse

 

In an official Hamas statement issued Wednesday, the terror organization that rules the Gaza acknowledged that two of its members were killed and another injured when a “resistance tunnel” leading from Gaza to Israel collapsed on them.

By The Associated Press

 

Two Hamas terrorists were killed while working on an attack tunnel intended for an infiltration from Gaza into Israel collapsed in the territory near the border with Israel, according to a statement issued by the group.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said another Palestinian was injured in the incident. Hamas said they were working in a “resistance tunnel.”

A Hamas terror-tunnel leading from Gaza to Israel - Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

A Hamas terror-tunnel leading from Gaza to Israel – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Hamas is currently trying to rebuild its vast underground tunnel network that was decimated in the 2014 war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel. Continue Reading »

After long chain of tunnel collapses, second Gaza terrorist killed in 48 hours

 

Monday, a Hamas member was killed in a Gaza terror-tunnel collapse, just 48 hours after Saturday’s tunnel collapse that also killed a Palestinian terrorist.

By i24news

 

A member of the Gaza based Hamas terror group died Monday when a tunnel collapsed east of Rafah, the group’s military wing the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades said.

Gaza victims of ‘work accident’ – Arab media

The man killed was named as Emir Jaber Al Hamad Abu Taima , 21, from Khan Younis.

Hamas offered no details on the circumstances of the collapse and did not say whether it took place during digging operations or a training exercise. Continue Reading »

Palestinian news agency Ma’an reports Hamas militant killed in terror-tunnel collapse

 

The ‘work-accident’ is the latest in over a dozen similar tunnel collapses this year killing Gaza’s terrorists.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A Hamas militant was killed in the Gaza Strip after a terror tunnel collapsed, Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported.

A Hamas terrorist in an underground terror-tunnel. - Photo: screenshot

A Hamas terrorist in an underground terror-tunnel. – Photo: screenshot

The military wing of Hamas, Izzadin Kassam Brigades, released a statement saying that a member of the brigade, Ana Salameh Abu Lashin was killed when the tunnel collapsed on him.

According to the Palestinian news agency, Israeli officials have claimed that Hamas is preparing for another round of combat with Israel and have threatened retaliation. Continue Reading »

Palestinian Report: Gaza terror-tunnel collapses, kills 3

 

Israel’s TV-2 reports that since the beginning of the year, a dozen or so collapsed terror tunnels have killed 19 Hamas terrorists.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A terror tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip collapsed on Thursday. According to reports, three Hamas activists were killed and several others were injured.

Tunnel collapse – Arab media

Channel 2 reported that since the beginning of the year, 19 Hamas activists have been killed by collapsed terror tunnels.

Eight Palestinian tunnel operatives were wounded in a tunnel collapse in August in the northern Gaza border town of Shuja’yya, according to Ma’an News Agency. Continue Reading »

Dropping like flies: 10 terrorists injured in another Gaza terror-tunnel collapse

According to Palestinian reports, at least 10 Islamic Jihad terrorists are reportedly injured in Gaza’s latest terror tunnel collapse.

By Elad Benari

 

At least 10 Islamic Jihad terrorists were injured when a terror tunnel leading into Israeli territory collapsed in Gaza late on Tuesday, Palestinian and Israeli media reported.

According to the reports, a few others were missing following the collapse of the tunnel in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City.

The incident is just the latest of many similar collapses of Gaza tunnels in recent months. On Saturday, a 22-year-old Hamas terrorist was killed when a tunnel collapsed in Gaza. Continue Reading »

Another Gaza terror-tunnel collapses, Another Islamic Jihad terrorist dead

 

In the latest in over a dozen tunnel cave-ins this year, Islamic Jihad reports of an Al-Quds Brigade terrorist recovered dead after a terror-tunnel in northern Gaza collapsed.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

A tunnel collapse in the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed a member of the terror group Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, it said, in the latest in a series of such incidents.

The collapse occurred in the northern Gaza Strip, the Al-Quds Brigades said in a statement, without providing further details.

It identified the terrorist killed as Ibrahim Hassan Al-Masri, 28, of Al-Quds’s northern command.

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The northern Gaza Strip, controlled by the radical Islamist terror organization Hamas, shares a border with Israel. Continue Reading »

Palestinian media: Hamas Tunnel No.11 Collapses Sunday killing 5

 

Arab media reports another smuggling tunnel cave-in on Gaza’s southern border with the Sinai, marking the 11th collapse since year began, raising the death toll to 20.

By Ari Yashar

 

According to Arab reports five diggers were killed on Sunday in a tunnel collapse at the city of Rafiah, located in southern Gaza on the border with the Sinai Peninsula.

The deaths were reported by Palestinian media cited by Walla, and mark the eleventh tunnel cave-in in recent months.

The last collapse, which came in mid-March, saw a Hamas “field commander” die during work on a terror tunnel, two days after the bodies of two Arab workers were found in a tunnel on the southern Gazan border that was flooded by Egypt three days earlier.

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