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Israel says the corridor is awash in tunnels that have funneled weapons and other goods for the militant group Hamas.JERUSALEM, Israel — Israel’s military said Wednesday it seized control of a strategic corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt to cut off smuggling tunnels as it tries to destroy the militant Hamas group in a war that is now in its eighth month., which has previously complained about Israel’s advance toward its border.
An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations, said Israel had notified Egypt of the takeover. He said some 20 tunnels, including some that were previously unknown to Israel, had been found during the operation, as well as 82 access points to those tunnels. It was not clear what the state of the tunnels was and if they were currently in use.
The narrow corridor — about 100 meters wide in parts — runs the 14-kilometer length of the Gaza side of the border were dug under the Gaza-Egypt border to get around the Israeli-Egyptian blockade, imposed after Hamas took over with the aim of preventing it from building up its military stockpile. Some of the tunnels were massive, large enough for vehicles. Hamas brought in weapons and supplies, and Gaza residents smuggled in commercial goods, from livestock to construction materials.
Earlier Wednesday, a top Israeli official said Israel’s war with Hamas is likely to last through the end of the year — a grim prediction for a conflict that has killed tens of thousands, deepened Israel’s global isolation and brought the region to the brink of
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