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Security source: When the power goes, Hamas will be forced out of the tunnels (No ventilation)
https://www.israelnationalnews.com ^ | Oct 24, 20023

Posted on 10/24/2023 6:08:58 PM PDT by 11th_VA

Official says without power, the ventilation systems in Hamas' tunnels won't work and leaders will be forced to leave tunnels or suffocate.

Hamas fears that in the coming days, the Gaza Strip will run out of fuel and there will be no electricity, which will cause the ventilation systems in the tunnels dug under the enclave to shut down, a security official told Walla today (Tuesday).

When the electricity runs out, the Hamas terrorists will be forced out of the tunnels into the open air, he claimed.

"According to a calculation made by the security establishment, and an analysis of the humanitarian situation in terms of supplies in general and the amount of fuel in particular in the Gaza Strip, in a short time we will see Hamas come under great pressure," said the source.

He also said that "the leaders, commanders, and activists - what interests the Hamas leadership is the fuel, not food and water. Why? Because most of its leadership and fighters are in tunnels deep underground. They need power to circulate air, operate the communication systems, and activate the rocket launchers."

"They do everything by remote control. Without electricity and without fuel for the generators, they cannot hide in the tunnels. Every day that passes increases their distress. That is why Hamas is under great pressure when they run out of fuel, we will see them come out.

Earlier today, the UNRWA refugee organization said that if fuel does not enter the Gaza Strip by tomorrow, the organization would be forced to stop its activities in Gaza.

IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari responded to the allegations and said: "Hamas has 500,000 liters of fuel, go ask them."

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gazatunnels; hamas; tunnels
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To: marktwain

I would image they need large gensets to run the lights, fans, etc. As a example, a fired of mine once worked for a generator company. They had a bad storm and had multiple rentals out at local supermarkets, normally in the 300-500kw range. They would burn upwards of 20/gph at times when the stores were open and full of customers opening cooler doors, employees running the various depts etc.

It was easy to get a fuel truck in every 24-36 hours or so, in Gaza with no refineries or deliveries to ports, etc, that quickly becomes a problem.


21 posted on 10/24/2023 6:30:28 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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robotic dogs?


22 posted on 10/24/2023 6:30:30 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: 11th_VA

I would flood the tunnels with sea water.


23 posted on 10/24/2023 6:31:14 PM PDT by Kakaze (I'd like the Republic back)
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To: PGR88
Just a guess - they might have thought of that eventuality and planned for it.

That would be my guess... This is likely to be based on wishful thinking.

24 posted on 10/24/2023 6:32:56 PM PDT by fireman15 (Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
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To: BlackAdderess

Yep they have


25 posted on 10/24/2023 6:33:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marktwain

Not regrettably, generators rely on some source of fuel, and with the fuel already in scarcity, generators won’t be cranking along for very much longer.

Suffocation may do more to clear out the Hamas rank and file than several divisions of IDF specialists. Bunker busters might also be brought in for the really hardened localities.


26 posted on 10/24/2023 6:33:00 PM PDT by alloysteel (Most people slog through life without ever knowing the wonders of true insanity.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Hamas needs to join the Zero CO2 consortium.


27 posted on 10/24/2023 6:33:48 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: 11th_VA

Yes!!!! Why are these not gone!!!!


28 posted on 10/24/2023 6:57:27 PM PDT by bantam
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To: 11th_VA

But they are trying to fight a ‘carbon neutral’ war, to keep poopy pants Biden happy, so they couldn’t target petroleum. </sarc>


29 posted on 10/24/2023 7:03:39 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: 11th_VA

I see no downside to this idea.


30 posted on 10/24/2023 7:08:59 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: 11th_VA
Send the poor palestinians some propane - into the tunnels. Pop them out like flaming gophers.
31 posted on 10/24/2023 7:09:35 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago. Now with "Formal Deprogramming")
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Another reason they may not have taken out the fuel yet - they have drones in the air to follow the ‘ants’ back to the nest, every time they fill up


32 posted on 10/24/2023 8:22:39 PM PDT by 11th_VA (<><)
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To: 11th_VA

I would hope that they had to REMAIN IN THE TUNNELS...THEY BUILT THEM...ENDORSE THEM!!!!


33 posted on 10/24/2023 8:40:59 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: 11th_VA

Easier to use intelligence to find the tunnel network entrance then drop some CS teargas into the tunnel using aleaf blower to move the gas thru the tunnels.


34 posted on 10/24/2023 9:09:15 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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To: Kakaze

If they could collapse all of those tunnels, the Strip would make a dandy harbor.


35 posted on 10/25/2023 4:56:45 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“Who is John Galt?”)
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To: 11th_VA

If only Hamas had implemented the Green New Deal they would not be having a fuel crisis right now.


36 posted on 10/25/2023 5:41:07 AM PDT by Fire137
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To: Fire137

Actually, if you watch the various youtube videos coming out of Gaza you will note several highrise buildings with large solar panel arrays.

It has been noted that the bomb destroyed buildings were over the locations of vertical shafts to the main Hamas tunnel system.

Hamas did not believe the buildings and the solar arrays would be bombed into chunks and dust


37 posted on 10/25/2023 5:46:15 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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To: 11th_VA

Pump something poisonous into the tunnels...arsenic, chlorine...something slow and painful to die by.


38 posted on 10/25/2023 6:42:36 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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