Translation by "Jerusalem" dot com - The Israeli army revealed, on Monday morning, that it had uncovered a tunnel for Hamas that had been dug from the northern Gaza Strip towards Kibbutz Alumim, adjacent to the border.

According to the Israeli army, the tunnel, which was dug tens of meters underground, did not penetrate the new security barrier, and its construction was completed a year ago, and did not pose a threat to any of the Israeli settlements.

The commander of the Gaza Division in the Israeli army, Nimrod Aloni, whose term ended today, said that during the past weeks, his forces worked to target the tunnel branching from two fronts, indicating that he crossed the old border security fence, but did not cross the new one, and that he did not pose a threat at any stage.

He pointed out that the tunnel was destroyed in Operation "Guardian of the Walls/Saif al-Quds," but recently efforts were made to restore its old route, and after conducting audits, two branches of the tunnel were found.

Aloni said that thwarting the tunnel and neutralizing it is part of a long line of overt and covert operations that have seriously damaged the Hamas tunnels project, and which will continue to be pursued.