Overview
- Military footage describes a multi‑kilometre network in southern Rafah about 25 meters deep with roughly 80 rooms running beneath residential blocks and sites such as a UNRWA compound, mosques, clinics, kindergartens, and schools.
- The IDF says the complex housed command posts and long‑term hideouts used by senior Hamas figures, including former Rafah Brigade commander Muhammad Shabana.
- Israel disclosed that undercover forces captured Marwan al‑Hams on July 21 in Khan Younis, describing him as linked to knowledge of Goldin’s burial, in what officials call one of dozens of confidential missions.
- Hamas returned Lt. Hadar Goldin’s remains earlier this month after announcing it had located his body in a Rafah tunnel, more than 11 years after he was killed and abducted in 2014.
- Ongoing sweeps in Rafah continue, with the IDF reporting that 15 militants surfaced this week, six were killed by airstrikes, and five surrendered for Shin Bet interrogation, while some outlets note the released tunnel footage is edited and not independently verified.