The Israeli military has released footage which it claims shows the inside of a network of Hamas tunnels beneath Gaza.

Part of the footage was captured by a camera mounted on a military working dog sent into the tunnels, and shows a series of rooms and passageways.

The tunnels were discovered in the Issa area in the southern part of Gaza City.

Israel accuses the militant group of deliberately locating tunnels and other military infrastructure among civilians in order to use them as human shields.

Additional aerial footage showed strikes on an area where the tunnels were located, according to Israeli forces.