Officers from the Samaria District crime-fighting unit and Border Police discovered the tunnel during a targeted intelligence operation in the West Bank. The officers entered Kalkilya and searched a location identified through intelligence. During the operation, they found the tunnel, which the military later determined to be shafts dug underground to a depth of 12 meters.<\/p>\n
During the search, officers seized an M16 rifle<\/a>, a sniper rifle, ammunition, and magazines. They also found phones, a DVR device, and fertilizer, a substance that police said could be used to prepare explosive devices. Police arrested four suspects found at the site and took them for further questioning.<\/p>\n Police said operations against such infrastructure would continue, with the military also operating in the area and ruling additional shafts for the time being.<\/p>\n Serious security incident endangering Israeli citizens<\/p>\n The reports of a tunnel in an area bordering Israel raised concern among heads of local authorities near the seam line. Kfar Saba<\/a> Mayor Rafi Saar described the incident as \u201cserious\u201d and said it demonstrated what he viewed as the danger facing residents of the area.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is not a theoretical warning, this is a security reality that requires determined action,\u201d Saar said.<\/p>\n Drom Hasharon Regional Council head Oshrat Gani Gonen also warned about the significance of the findings.<\/p>\n \u201cA tunnel near Qalqilya is an incident that cannot simply be ignored,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is further evidence that the threat to seam-line communities is becoming increasingly established just across the fence.\u201d<\/p>\n Gani Gonen also referred to the weapons and other threats in the area.<\/p>\n ‘Meters from our homes’: Tunnel, drones, weapons<\/p>\n \u201cWe are looking at what is happening meters from our homes: a tunnel, drones, weapons, and terrorist infrastructure. As far as we are concerned, every one of these things is the crossing of a red line.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Israeli](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/739050.jpeg\"\/)
Israeli Border Police forces from the Jerusalem Envelope unit uncover a tunnel that Palestinians allegedly attempted to dig beneath the separation barrier near the village of Al-Jib, West Bank, September 9, 2026. (credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n