Since the start of the ground incursion, IDF soldiers have exposed and destroyed approximately 400 terror tunnel shafts, the IDF said Wednesday morning.

The Yahalom special forces unit of the Combat Engineering Corps has played a significant role in uncovering and destroying these shafts using various methods.

"Hamas has embedded its network of terrorist tunnels below population centers across the Gaza Strip," the IDF explained, adding, "Many of the shafts leading to its tunnel network are located within civilian hospitals, schools and homes."

Earlier this week, the IDF exposed a 55-meter-long terror tunnel 10 meters deep underneath the Shifa Hospital complex.

Last week, IDF troops uncovered a terror tunnel shaft located in a mosque in Gaza.