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The US has called for the release of 30 leaders of one of China's largest underground church network who were reportedly detained over the weekend in overnight raids in various cities.

One core will be sent to Japan for analysis and another stored in an underground sanctuary in Antarctica at minus 50C.

And he might settle there, too: He wants to build a home on two cleared lots he envisions packed with whimsical elements like secret underground rooms.

He added that the Israeli military had deployed booby-trapped armored assault vehicles, which inflicted damage not only to structures above ground but also to water wells, underground piping and sewage pumps, not to mention roadways.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that once the hostages were returned, the military would destroy underground tunnels in Gaza built by Hamas.