BEIJING — A bus crashed into a tunnel wall on an expressway in northern China killing 14 people, state media said Wednesday. Thirty-seven other people were injured in the Tuesday afternoon crash, state broadcaster CCTV said. The bus was carrying 51 passengers when it hit the wall on the Hohhot-Beihai Expressway in the city of … Read more
By Dylan Martinez GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli forces have discovered a tunnel network hundreds of metres (yards) long and running partly under UNRWA’s Gaza headquarters, the military says, calling it new evidence of Hamas exploitation of the main relief agency for Palestinians. Army engineers took reporters for foreign news outlets through the passages at a … Read more
JERUSALEM — A 72-year-old Israeli woman held captive by Hamas militants for nearly 50 days told an Israeli TV channel Wednesday that she was held at length in a dark, humid tunnel where she met Hamas’ leader and helped pass the time with an informal lecture series by her knowledgeable fellow hostages. Adina Moshe was … Read more
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military said Wednesday it has found evidence that hostages were present in an underground tunnel in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, which has become the focus of Israel’s ground offensive. The military showed the tunnel to journalists who were escorted into a neighborhood near the ruins … Read more
Play video content A massive secret tunnel was discovered under a historic Jewish synagogue in NYC — and when the authorities tried to shut it down … sheer chaos ensued from the guys using it. Wild footage is circulating online showing a frenetic scene Monday at the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights — … Read more
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Five Israeli hostages killed in Hamas captivity were recovered from an underground tunnel network in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Sunday, showing footage of a white-tiled bathroom and work room linked by dark concrete-lined passages. The publication left open the question of how they had died, … Read more
At least 46 people were killed and more than 100 wounded early Wednesday after Israel bombarded the urban Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City, according to Munir al-Bursh, a senior official in the Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. The Israeli military said its troops have located “ a vast tunnel network ” under Gaza City … Read more
By Amir Cohen GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER (Reuters) – Israeli forces battling Hamas said they had uncovered an unusually large concrete and iron-girded tunnel, designed to carry carloads of militant fighters from Gaza right up to the border. Razing or disabling hundreds of kilometres of underground passages and bunkers is among the aims of the offensive Israel … Read more
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military said Sunday it has discovered a large tunnel shaft in Gaza close to what was once a busy crossing into Israel, raising new questions about how Israeli surveillance missed such conspicuous preparations by Hamas for the militants’ deadly Oct. 7 assault. The entryway to the tunnel is … Read more
A Russian diplomat has warned that Israel’s plan to flood Hamas tunnels in order to flush out the terrorists may constitute a war crime. “War crimes are snowballing — shocking reports have been circulated in recent days that Israel plans to flood underground facilities in the Gaza Strip with seawater,” Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative … Read more