Israeli Military Officer Dedicates Tunnel Demolition to Slain Uncle

Jerusalem, 7 November, 2023 (TPS) -- Israeli soldiers in the northern Gaza area of Beit Hanoun discovered a civilian home connected to several tunnels on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday.

The IDF released footage of the soldiers destroying the tunnels.

The team’s leader, Capt. (Res.) R. dedicated the demolition of the tunnels to his uncle, Ofir Libstein, who was the head of the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council. The council governs 11 communities located adjacent to the northwest corner of the Gaza Strip. It includes some of communities most devastated in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, such as Kibbutz Kfar Aza and Nahal Oz.

Libstein and his son, Nitzan, were killed on Oct. 7 trying to defend Kfar Aza from the Hamas attack.

“I want, not as an act of revenge, but as an act of defending the homeland to dedicate this explosion to Ofir, said Capt. R.

Over the past day, IDF troops captured a Hamas stronghold in the northern Gaza Strip, seizing anti-tank missiles and launchers, weapons, and intelligence material, the IDF said on Tuesday morning.