The Israeli Defense Forces released footage on December 21, 2025, between 2:16 a.m. and 5:16 a.m. UTC, showing the demolition of two Al-Qassam Brigade tunnels on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line in the Khan Younis area of the southern Gaza Strip, as the Kfir Brigade is replaced by the 188th Armored Brigade. The IDF stated that Kfir Brigade troops, alongside the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit, demolished hundreds of terror infrastructures in Khan Younis over the past few months, including a two-kilometer-long tunnel and another spanning hundreds of meters, according to a statement shared via X (formerly Twitter). Geolocations confirmed by @GeoConfirmed place Tunnel 1 at 31.315020, 34.326677 (8G3P888G+2M) in Qa' al Kharaba and Tunnel 2 at 31.297372, 34.329012 (8G3P78WH+WJ) in Al Fukhkhari, both near the European Hospital, with credit to @fdov21 on X. The footage release coincides with the IDF announcement of the brigade rotation in the area.
