Posted on 12/06/2023 6:45:42 AM PST by cotton1706
oddly de ja vu for me.
i felt no fear cuz ihad just recently accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour and knew i was about to be with him.
i still dont know who pulledme out of the deeplake water...
..an angel ?
..the one who pulled me under that then gave me cpr ?
i woke up about 10 feet up the bank, and thete was no one around so i think it was an angel.
at any rate the 10 to 15 seconds of conscienceness left is enough time to get right with God , so it can still be a mercifull death for the hostages.
( web fought me posting this ,,, wonder why,. Ahad to use different device,,CISA, DHS, FBI ? /-)
If there is sandstone and shale underneath the sand of the desert then any wells in the area would be hundreds of feet deep. The water table would be below the shale layer most likely.
I do not see how the salt water would ruin an wells if the water is filtered by the sand stone and or the shale.
Fair ‘nuff.
I had visions of Carthage being salted. I have never been there, so I appreciate the input.
All of Gaza must be drowned
When the Hamas terrorists begin to scurry out of the tunnels like drowning rats, hopefully the IDF will be there - and show them as much mercy as they showed on Oct 7.
I imagine the floors are generally permeable... I think Israel knows what can be done.
I wondered about the drainage rate as well. But since Israel administered the area for so long before this (failed) experiment in self rule, they should have extensive understanding of the soil hydrology, from decades of permitting and managing construction in the area.
I’d bet my bottom dollar that they had certified engineers evaluate the plan for flooding the tunnels, to incorporate that into Military Operational Plans, which need to be time synchronized.
Hamas tunnels have been flooded before, so the tactic has been tested.
Even if there are shortcomings, flooding will clearly neutralize some amount of the tunnel network, at no cost of IDF lives, and provide some degree of Operational disruption of Hamas. So it is an excellent economy of force measure.
Hopefully, it will be a major effect.
“We had to bury tunnels (and fighting positions)... with bulldozers”
We did that in the Gulf War as well.
Reportedly, the tunnel flooding operation is focused on a dense section of tunnels in the NW of Gaza (al Shati), that is of particular Operational interest (Command Posts, VIP houses).
That more limited network of tunnels should flood fairly quickly, as compared with the whole tunnel network of Gaza (which some estimate as 300 miles of tunnels), and produce significant Operational effects (overnight, and over just a couple of days).
Where do you think the water came from that was used to fill those tanks on top of buildings?
From the Gulf thru desalination plants along the coast. Water was still brackish and we did not even brush our teeth with it.
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