AKIPRESS.COM - The Israeli military has disabled a major tunnel dug by militants which reached into Israel from the Gaza Strip, BBCreported citing officials.

Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said it was the longest and deepest tunnel of its kind Israel had discovered.

A military spokesman said it had been dug since the 2014 Gaza war, when Israel destroyed more than 30 tunnels which it said were meant for attacks.

Israel is using sophisticated measures to thwart tunnels dug by militants.