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IDF finds 15-meter underground shaft next to Hebron gunman's home
2026-10-27


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🚨 IDF FINDS 15-METER UNDERGROUND SHAFT NEXT TO HEBRON GUNMAN’S HOME

IDF troops searching Hebron after Friday’s deadly shooting attack uncovered a deep underground excavation adjacent to the home of one of the Palestinian gunmen.

According to the IDF:
• The shaft is about 15 meters deep and 75 cm wide
• It currently appears to have no exit
• An electronic device was found inside and taken for examination
• The discovery came during searches of more than 500 locations across Hebron

The IDF stressed that the shaft is deep inside Hebron and does not extend toward or threaten any nearby Israeli community.

The wider operation was launched after Friday’s attack, which killed two IDF soldiers.
What exactly the shaft was intended for remains under investigation.

The Jerusalem Post adds:
While the discovery was not unprecedented, underground shafts are extremely rare in the West Bank. Underground warfare has been more commonly associated with Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
and Hezbollah in Leb
...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
, where tunnels have played a significant role in military operations, than with Hamas in the West Bank, where the IDF maintains greater control and surveillance.

TWO TROOPS KILLED AFTER TERRORISTS WITH MACHINE GUN OPEN FIRE IN WEST BANK
Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman, 23, from Ashkelon, and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, 20, from Hod Hasharon, were named on Friday as the two soldiers killed in the attack.

Roytman was a squad commander, while Svilem was a combat soldier in the Ari Battalion (775) of the Search and Rescue Brigade, according to the IDF.

Both soldiers were killed in combat at the Judea Junction when two snuffies traveling in a car, armed with an M4 machine gun and a pistol, opened fire on soldiers at the scene.
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