Israel Hamas Conflict IDF Faces Challenges of Underground War

Israel Hamas Conflict: IDF Faces Challenges of Underground War

Israeli soldiers inspect the entrance to a tunnel allegedly used by Hamas in Gaza, November 9, 2023. ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES/via Portal

DECRYPTION – The Israeli army’s primary goal is to destroy tunnels in Gaza where Hamas is hiding.

The IDF regularly communicates and sends videos through the located tunnels. In one we see a pipe dug into the floor of a house that leads underground. On another page, images filmed by a drone show an explosion in the middle of houses: it was the “entrance pipe (of a tunnel) near a school of Unwra (the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, editor’s note). .”)”. Since the response began, 130 lines have been destroyed, the IDF said last week. This assessment says nothing about the destruction of the network itself.

It is estimated that Hamas’ network of tunnels running under the enclave extends between 300 and over 500 kilometers. The terror group dug it to ensure its supply of contraband from Egypt and uses it as a command post, weapons depot and prison for its hostages. He used it to lead incursions into Israel. Destroying the tunnels in Gaza, where Hamas is hiding, is a priority…

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