Posted on 10/31/2023 6:55:22 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
Israeli officials have vowed to crush Hamas in response to its brutal terror attacks earlier this month, signaling that the way to ultimately do this is through a major ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. That's easier said than done though.
In Gaza, invading Israeli forces will face a complex and dangerous urban environment, in which Hamas' well-armed and well-prepared forces can hide, set up traps, and launch surprise assaults. And some of the most difficult fighting could be underground, in the city-like labyrinth of tunnels that are vital to the militant group's defensive and offensive operations.
Although it is unclear how the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will go about dealing with challenges posed by the tunnels, they are a known threat and one for which the IDF is not unprepared. But while the military has the means to infiltrate this network, a former US Army infantry soldier said that in any capacity, "it will increase the time to conduct an operation in Gaza."
"You can't leave a hole to your back," John Spencer, chair of urban warfare studies at West Point's Modern War Institute, told Insider. "And you can't not clear a tunnel if there's a potential for a hostage to be in there."
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There’s “Purple Smoke”...
I say dig a trench from the Mediterranean to the nearest tunnel opening. Fill it with water, the Med will not run out of it.
That’s why I specified enemy casualties...
Just fill the tunnels with propane and light it up!
I have a better idea. Roll a bunch of used car and truck tires into the tunnels and set the tires on fire.
NOT understanding why so many here have “great” ideas for the tunnels that don’t consider that that’s most certainly where all the hostages are being held.......
BS
Hamas is trapped within the tunnels and can be exterminated enmasse in situ
Use ground penetrating radar, find out where they, set depth charges on the surface, or drill down to a close proximity and detonate them, until all tunnels have collapsed. Problem solved. If all of Gaza becomes a sink hole, it’s their fault.
Cyclon B would be a good start, and oh so poetic!
Iwo Jima was surface/underground battle front. PURE HELL.
Heat-seeking drones and missiles: blow the tunnel system up.
Is there anything in those tunnels that isn’t Hamas?
Tough gig.
Why would the Israeli Army go into the tunnel maze to kill Hamas when there are effective, easier ways to exterminate the enemy? I just cannot see anyone seriously fighting tunnel warfare.
The tunnels are below sea level, aren’t they?
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