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An Israeli soldier walks in a tunnel on Sunday, June 8, 2025, beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, where the military claims Hamas militants had been operating.

More than 54,000 Palestinians have died during the ongoing Israeli assault, according to Gaza health authorities. The U.N. has warned that most of Gaza's 2.3 million population is at risk of famine.

The scope and scale of the tunnel system underneath Gaza defy belief. Hamas spent more than 15 years building the network, with estimated costs exceeding $1 billion.

A tunnel near the Erez border crossing in Northern Gaza that Israel says Hamas used in its Oct. 7, 2023, attacks inside Israel, Jan. 7, 2024. (Noam Galai/Getty Images) ...