WATCH: IDF dismantles underground 7.5 km tunnel in Gaza, finds equipment seized by Hamas on Oct. 7

The IDF destroyed three tunnel routes that, when combined, ran a length of 7.5 kilometers in the city of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on Friday, the military announced.

The tunnel routes were first identified by the IDF's Kfir Brigade under the command of its 162nd Division, along with engineering troops and soldiers from the military's Yahalom Unit.

The tunnels also reached dozens of meters in depth, the IDF update noted, and soldiers found military equipment that was captured by Hamas terrorists on October 7 of last year. Forces also discovered maps of Israeli communities bordering the Palestinian enclave.

The Kfir Brigade made this discovery after already operating since last October to locate weapons owned by the Hamas terrorist organization and dismantle their infrastructure "both above and below ground," the update noted.

Yahalom Unit's other operations

The day before, the Yahalom Unit investigated an underground Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon, where the IDF found weaponry, surveillance systems, and additional military equipment used by the Lebanon-based terror organization.

All the weapons were said to have been seized by the IDF in the southern Lebanon operation.