Video. Israeli military releases video of tunnel destruction in Gaza

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Sep 25, 2026 · 101 words · By Yolaine De Kerchove Dexaerde

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What to know about Video. Israeli military releases video of tunnel destruction in Gaza

The Israeli military has released video it says shows the destruction of an underground tunnel route in the southern Gaza Strip.

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What happened

The Israeli military has released video it says shows the destruction of an underground tunnel route in the southern Gaza Strip.

Why it matters

The army said the tunnel was approximately 2 kilometres long and that the route had been dismantled as part of its operations in the area.

Common ground

The footage, provided by the Israeli military, could not be independently verified.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The army said the tunnel was approximately 2 kilometres long”

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The evidence provides conflicting lengths for tunnels. One source mentions a tunnel 'several hundred meters', another mentions a tunnel '120 meters', and others mention tunnels that are '2.5 kilometres long'. There is no single consensus on a '2 kilometre' tunnel in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza–Israel barrier (sometimes called the Iron Wall) is an Israeli border barrier located on the Israeli side of the Gaza–Israel border. Before the Gaza war, the Erez Crossing, in the north of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza–Israel_barrier

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli Air Force has conducted numerous concerted aerial bombardment campaigns on the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war. Since the de jure enactment of a ceasefire in October 2025, strikes have cont…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_St…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2005, following the Second Intifada (2000–05), Israel withdrew its forces from the Gaza Strip and dismantled and evacuated the 21 settlements it built there during its occupation of the territory (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_the…

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Claim 2: “The Israeli military has released video it says shows the destruction of an underground tunnel route in the southern Gaza Strip.”

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Multiple independent web sources (Newsweek, TikTok/WSJ, and other reports) confirm that the Israeli military released video showing tunnels in Gaza used by Hamas.

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Claim 3: “Israel’s subsequent offensive has killed at least 73,922 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry”

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The specific figure of 73,922 Palestinians killed is reported by multiple independent sources, including a cross-reference from NBC Washington and other web search results, attributing the data to the Gaza Health Ministry.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when Palestinian milita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A significant number of attacks on healthcare facilities occurred during the Gaza war and genocide. During the first week of the war, there were 94 attacks on health care facilities in Israel and Gaza…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza Health Ministry (GHM), officially the Palestinian Ministry of Health – Gaza, is responsible for managing healthcare and medical services in the Gaza Strip. The health ministry's casualty repo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Health_Ministry

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Claim 4: “The war began on 7 October 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel”

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Wikipedia and multiple news sources explicitly confirm that the war began on October 7, 2023, with Hamas-led attacks on Israel.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli government has been involved in assisting or empowering the Palestinian political and military organization Hamas at various points in its history. This support continued during and in sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_support_for_Hamas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On October 7, 2023, a series of coordinated armed incursions from the blockaded Gaza Strip into the Gaza envelope of southern Israel were carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant gr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the October 7 attacks, Israeli women, girls and men were subjected to sexual violence, including rape and sexual assault, by Hamas or other Gazan militants. The militants involved in the attack…
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Claim 5: “Gaza’s Health Ministry, part of the Hamas-run government.”

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Multiple independent web sources explicitly state that the Gaza Health Ministry is part of the Hamas-run government.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gaza’s Health Ministry said that 64,231 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the war.The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government and staffed by medical professionals.
https://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/palestinian-death-toll-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Health Ministry is part of Gaza’s Hamas-run government, but staffed by medical professionals who maintain and publish detailed records. Its tolls from previous conflicts have largely aligned with …
https://www.breitbart.com/news/more-than-55000-palestinians-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Health Ministry is part of the Hamas-run government in Gaza but maintains detailed records of casualties. Its figures from previous wars in Gaza have largely matched those of UN agencies, independ…
https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/4863791-gaza-health-mi…

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Claim 6: “killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli authorities.”

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Multiple independent sources (CNN, various news reports, and Wikipedia) consistently report the figures of approximately 1,200 killed and 251 hostages taken.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yom Kippur War, also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, the fourth Arab–Israeli War, the October War, or the Ramadan War (6–25 October 1973), was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab sta…
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