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‘If the generals are counting tunnels, it suggests things are not going well’
The Times of Israel ^ | 12/19/2023 | Tal Schneider

Posted on 12/19/2023 7:59:36 PM PST by Uncle Miltie

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To: Robert DeLong

The IDF is doing fine. It is clear Ham Ass has more money and technology than expected and this is the new challenge.....stopping the money (hard) and materials (easier).

They are going to have to level Gaza. Internationally, they have to stop caring about the civilians.....there are none.

The US didn’t when we dropped the bomb and Israel should take the same attitude now. There will be civilian sacrifices which are tragic, but necessary to lower the overall death toll over time.


21 posted on 12/20/2023 2:45:45 AM PST by SteelPSUGOP
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To: Uncle Miltie

Flood Gaza until it collapses and naturally backfills with sand, then enjoy the beach.


22 posted on 12/20/2023 4:07:02 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Uncle Miltie
They still make flamethrower's don't they? It's the perfect IDF Christmas gift...


23 posted on 12/20/2023 4:48:57 AM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: packagingguy
I think they can find the entrance from IR viewing. If the entrance is in a building maybe not.

Pump smoke in and watch where it comes out.

24 posted on 12/20/2023 4:49:02 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Uncle Miltie

“War is the health of the State.”

Randolph Bourne

And Israel’s Deep State is getting healthier by the day.


25 posted on 12/20/2023 4:55:04 AM PST by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Jumper
At least Bibi and his brother lived their Nation and risked their lives only to be opposed by Jewish politicians...

The same politicians who gutted private gun ownership.

26 posted on 12/20/2023 4:56:00 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I will suggest that the bombing has mostly eliminated the primary tunnel targets. It is now necessary to go after the bombed entrances and tunnels to force the Hamas troglodytes to the surface where they can be killed.

The primary mission remains........ Hamascide. Kill Hamas.

The current whining for cease fire can be ignored becvause there is not only no reason to cease the killing but to the contrary, there is strong reason to keep on killing Hamas.

Hostages? At this point hostages are no longer bargaining chips. Hamas has declared the hostages to be toast by trying to trade them for ending the war.


27 posted on 12/20/2023 5:17:56 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Hamascide is required in total)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Good article. Using tunnels for their advantage against the Islamic jihadis.


28 posted on 12/20/2023 5:36:42 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

It was just discovered that the large tunnel extends beyond the Gaza border in the north to a greenhouse area inside Israel, where local Arabs brought in items for large amounts of money. This could be the source from which the steel entered Gaza.

In the south, the tunnel reaches to at least Khan Younis, and perhaps all the way to the Egyptian border. This large steel tunnel system was built by Sinwar’s brother over several years at great expense. Now the Hamas tunnel system covers at least 500km with all the branches and levels.


29 posted on 12/20/2023 6:05:56 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Robert DeLong
Don't need a nuke that big. Operation Plowshare showed that a 100kt nuke in a 1000m deep bore hole will obliterate tunnels for miles and create a nice swimming pool for Gaza. I say nuke the tunnels or flood them.

Peaceful nuclear explosions/nuclear engineering can solve this problem with minimal casualties:


30 posted on 12/20/2023 6:07:46 AM PST by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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To: Uncle Miltie

Just crank up the pumps and run them 24-7 until all of Gaza is an uninhabitable swamp or every single Hamas member is handed over to the IDF in chains.

Whichever comes first.

L


31 posted on 12/20/2023 6:09:55 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Uncle Miltie

Doesn’t matter how deep the hamas may dig. Stay on the surface, find and seal off the entrances and exits and ventilation shafts. That will end the problem in due course.


32 posted on 12/20/2023 6:13:55 AM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

1. How did they not notice the construction of an underground country? (tailings?)

2. Where did they get the money, talent, and equipment?

3. Why is there still a Gaza left intact?


33 posted on 12/20/2023 6:19:51 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: ansel12

There is no way that a Kinzhal missile’s 480 kg warhead will penetrate into a hardened bunker 130 meters below ground - it was130 meters according to the dubious Russian sources, not 400 meters.


34 posted on 12/20/2023 6:21:58 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Robert DeLong

The depth was misreported in the false story - it was 130 meters, not 400.


35 posted on 12/20/2023 6:23:39 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: RinaseaofDs

1. Limestone “tailings” were mixed with cement to make buildings etc.

2. Iran

3. Work in progress


36 posted on 12/20/2023 6:26:35 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Uncle Miltie

They could introduce thermobaric gases and touch them off.

The only long term solution is to evict the Arabs and make it part of Israel again.


37 posted on 12/20/2023 6:32:19 AM PST by lurk (u)
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To: PIF

Read the debunking links in that post and you will see that it started as claiming 80 meters.


38 posted on 12/20/2023 6:45:31 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: PIF
I was going by the comment made by the person I responded had responded to. There is no way I would have known that they had made their comment was based upon a mistake made in the article. But thank you for pointing that out. 🙂

But it was curiosity that compelled me to seek out how deep these bunker busters were actually capable of penetrating the earth before their payload was detonated. 🙂

39 posted on 12/20/2023 7:01:19 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: DCBryan1

Yeah, but this was based upon no bore hole being present. Big difference. 🙂


40 posted on 12/20/2023 7:03:47 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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