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Explosive gel to destroy the underground tunnels in Gaza, where, according to Israeli intelligence, there are several Hamas bases, accessible via dozens of wells at a depth of between 20 and 80 meters. In a briefing with journalists, an Israeli army officer explained how the demolition work of the underground city is taking place. First there is a clean-up phase, which is carried out using tracking robots and remote-controlled technologies. The tunnel is then filled with tons of explosive gel. A demonstration of its use dates back to recent days, when the entrance to one of Hamas’s tunnels was identified beneath an evacuated hospital in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. IDF engineers filled the excavation and then activated the detonator. The blast ripped through the building and sent smoke billowing from at least three locations along a nearby street in a neighborhood of Beit Hanoun city.
“The gel spread and blew up everything that was waiting for us in the tunnel,” the army officer told reporters. Apparently the tunnels are first inspected to rule out the presence of hostages. The use of explosive gel is considered the safest technique: the Israeli army avoids confronting Hamas in the tunnels in order not to give the militiamen a tactical advantage, as they are now familiar with these dark and poorly ventilated places. “We don’t want to go there. We know they left us a lot of side bombs (improvised explosive devices),” the Israeli officer said. In fact, last week four special forces were killed by an explosion while inspecting a tunnel: the device had been attached to the cover of an access shaft. Cleaning up Hamas’ vast underground network is a central part of the military campaign. According to Israel, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure were used to obscure the entrance to the tunnels.
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