Beer Sheva and Negev news The IDF in a dramatic announcement: “We captured the Philadelphia axis”, 20 terror tunnels were located in the area (documentation)

After almost 20 years, Israel regains control of the Philadelphia axis, which has become a stronghold of Palestinian terrorism. Terrorist infrastructures that crossed the border into Egypt were located at the scene

Ohad Cohen,

Wednesday | 29.05.24 | 20:06

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The IDF announces this evening that after almost 20 years, Israel once again controls the Philadelphia axis, which has become a terrorist stronghold and the axis for smuggling munitions of war from Egypt to Gaza. The IDF controls the entire length of the Philadelphia axis, between Gaza and Egypt. There is a short section near the sea where the forces are not physically present, but are held by gathering and fire. “The Hamas oxygen cylinder from which the commander entered Rafah is in the hands of the IDF,” the IDF says.

From the information allowed in the publication, the IDF has so far uncovered 20 tunnels that cross from Gaza to Egypt and checked whether they are all smuggling tunnels. Some have already been destroyed. Also, the IDF is now in possession of 82 underground shafts near the Philadelphia axis and are investigating them for destruction. All data on the subject was transferred to Egypt. The plan of the terrorist organization Hamas was to cause tens of thousands of Rafah residents to flee to the axis, towards the Egyptian border and create a bloodbath that would force Israel to stop the war aimed at bringing about the collapse of Hamas.

The forces that freed the axis discovered dozens of rockets along the Philadelphia axis that are ready to be launched into the territory of the State of Israel. The IDF says that Hamas deliberately placed the rockets at a very short distance, 10-40 meters from the Philadelphia axis, thinking that the IDF would not want to attack them close to the Egyptian border.