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  The chief of the IDF Ground Forces, Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai, is resigning from his position due to personal reasons, the military says. Yadai has served as the head of the Ground Forces for the past three years.  IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant approved Yadai's request, the military says. Yadai will be on furlough for the time being, and later run for "significant positions" in the military, the IDF adds.

  A kilometre-long Hamas tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip, which featured a track for logistic transportation, was recently demolished by combat engineers, the IDF says. The military says it had prior intelligence on the tunnel, located in northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya, and it in recent weeks it was uncovered and destroyed by the Gaza Division's combat engineers and the elite Yahalom unit. The tunnel was more than a kilometre long, and inside troops found weapons, electrical infrastructure, and a track used to transport equipment.

  IDF commandos killed two Palestinian gunmen during a raid near the West Bank city of Tulkarem a short while ago, a military source says. Troops of the Duvdevan Commando Unit surrounded a building in the Tulkarem suburb of Danaba where the gunmen were holed up. The Palestinians opened fire at the commandos, who returned fire, killing the pair. M16 rifles were recovered from their bodies, the IDF source says. No soldiers are hurt in the incident. The Palestinian Authority health ministry names the pair as Rami Abbas and Nour Zait. The ministry says it was informed of their deaths from the PA's General Authority of Civil Affairs, indicating that their bodies are being held by Israeli authorities. The PA health minstry also says a 16-year-old girl was killed by Israeli fire in Kafr Dan, near Jenin, earlier today. The IDF has not yet commented.