Fighters from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, completed the destruction of a kilometer-long underground passage from which militants emerged during a battle in Operation 'Protective Edge,' where four soldiers were killed, the IDF spokesperson announced. On July 21, the militants infiltrated Israel through the tunnel. Lieutenant Colonel Dolev Keidar, Second Lieutenant Yuval Heiman, Staff Sergeant Major Kasahun Danny Bainesay and Staff Sergeant Nadav Goldmacher fell in the battle.