The war in the Middle East is currently being fought in the northern part Gaza Strip. And especially around the western and eastern entrances to the territory they control Hamas. However, in some areas there is no longer even a shadow of fighters or civilians. Especially in the districts along the it costs The Israeli army is currently in full control north of Gaza City. A correspondent for the Times of Israel spoke about this Ghost town regarding the areas of the strip facing the Mediterranean. In such a context, the soldiers of the Jewish state have the opportunity to verify the existence house by house tunnel and hiding places. One of them was discovered under the children’s bedroom of a house near the beach.
These tunnels hidden under the houses
The Times of Israel emphasized that this war is being fought partly within the United States on both sides bedroom of civilians. On October 7, the Israeli newspaper recalls, Hamas cynically and brutally rampaged through the homes of civilians on kibbutzim while people were still in bed. Today it is Israeli soldiers who are taking up arms in some rooms of residential buildings north of Gaza. The main difference is that there is no one inside anymore.
The Warnings started to move south of Gaza Airstrikes, accompanied by the entry of troops into some northern areas of the Gaza Strip, have been forcing civilians to flee for days. Once a position is taken, soldiers begin searching houses to investigate the existence of tunnels. That is, those hideouts that actually represent Hamas’ true strength. The advance is north and south of Gaza City, which is now completely besieged.
In coastal towns that have been turned into ghost towns, the tunnel search is slow but steady and methodical. The entrance to a bunker was found in a house in recent days when Times of Israel correspondents arrived on the scene. According to the newspaper’s journalists, it is an exclusive house because it has a swimming pool and is located a few steps from the sea. A family certainly lived here and then fled south. Many buildings on the block were destroyed in the raids, but the house was described as being almost intact.
But inside the children’s room, which can be recognized as such due to the presence of small beds and the drawings on the walls, a Trap door. After opening it, the soldiers discovered that it was the entrance to one of the Hamas tunnels. When the special forces reached the house, they planted the explosives and set fire to the entire underground corridor. For Israeli commanders interviewed by the Times of Israel, this is another tunnel found under civilian homes.
It’s confirmation of what has always been suspected: the labyrinth of hiding places nestled beneath the Strip often has its entrances underneath civilian targets. Be it houses, residential buildings or even more sensitive buildings such as schools and hospitals. A practice that endangers Palestinian civilians and turns even these buildings, seemingly out of sight of soldiers, into military targets.
Hamas hideouts between residential buildings
According to Israeli officials told the Times of Israel, 91 tunnels were found in the areas north of Gaza alone. Many of them under civilian houses, just like the one that was blown up in the children’s room of the seaside villa. Another 40 were found south of Gaza City. Then there are those Stations for rocket fires towards Israel: a dozen were found in the southern districts of Gaza, 28 in the northern areas.
The common thread is always the same: whether they are trapdoors for entering tunnels, whether they are rocket ramps or drone laboratories, the buildings in which Hamas wages its war are located in the middle of residential areas and are densely populated areas .