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Police Find 25-Meter Tunnel and Weapons in Qalqilya, Arrest Four

Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of an archival city view of Qalqilya; contextual place image, not a depiction of the tunnel discovery or police search.

Israel Police said its Samaria crime unit and Border Police found an unfinished tunnel during a targeted search in Qalqilya on Wednesday and arrested four suspects. Police said the shaft was already at least 25 meters deep and that officers found the start of a second excavation. They reported seizing an M16 rifle, a sniper rifle, ammunition, magazines, phones, fertilizer described as material for making explosives, and a digital video recorder. The four suspects were taken for questioning. The statement did not identify the suspects or say what the tunnel was intended to be used for.

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