Israeli forces continue to operate in the southern and central parts of Gaza, destroying underground terrorist infrastructure and eliminating Hamas gunmen, the military said on Wednesday.

Over the past weeks, troops of the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade carried out a targeted raid against Hamas infrastructure in the area.

Among other achievements, the division’s engineering forces, working together with the Combat Engineering Corps’ elite Yahalom unit, found and destroyed two 1.2-mile-long attack tunnels, the statement said.

“The routes were branched and had several exit shafts, some of which were booby-trapped, and numerous weapons were found,” it added.

As part of the operation, a terrorist cell that tried to carry out an attack with an explosive device was eliminated, and anti-tank positions and other infrastructure that posed a danger to troops were destroyed.