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Hamas's tunnels are bigger in scale than the Tube in London - what can Israel do?
SKY News ^ | December 9, 2023 | By Sean Bell

Posted on 12/09/2023 5:29:52 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Despite overwhelming military superiority, Israel is struggling to develop an effective strategy to tackle the tunnel network under Gaza.

This "underworld" has provided Hamas with a degree of sanctuary beyond the gaze of satellites, drones and military forces.

How will Israel defeat Hamas without destroying the tunnel network?

The "Gaza metro" is bigger in scale than the London Underground network. Many of the tunnels were originally dug in the early 1980s to bypass the border between Egypt and Rafah, enabling the illegal smuggling of trade and weapons.

However, they have since been expanded into two further categories: defensive and offensive.

The former is primarily focused on the storage of weapons, logistic supplies (fuel, water and food) and command and control HQs, whereas the latter is an elaborate network of tunnels across the border into Israel to enable Hamas to take small-scale offensive action, and crucially to seize hostages.

Since assuming control of Gaza in 2006, Hamas has taken the development of the tunnel network to a new level.

The soft sandstone under Gaza is conducive to tunnelling, but Hamas has also adapted the network in response to Israel's various attempts to destroy it.

Bunker buster bombs could penetrate deep underground - and if they did not destroy a tunnel directly, the shifting sands would cause nearby tunnels to implode.

By digging the tunnels deeper - the main network is now over 20m (65ft) down rather than around 10m (32ft) for the original tunnels - Hamas made them far more difficult to target and destroy.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Hamas; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hamas; hamastunnels; islam; terrorism; tunnel; tunnels
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To: liberalh8ter

Or maybe let loose herds of wild pigs in the tunnels


41 posted on 12/09/2023 7:04:46 AM PST by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: Ancesthntr

I wonder if vaporized bacon grease could be used to create a fuel-air explosion in a tunnel?


42 posted on 12/09/2023 7:11:08 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: Dutch Boy

Wild boar with an explosive backpack, rigged to blow when either there’s a loud sound (like gunfire) or the pig’s heart stops.


43 posted on 12/09/2023 7:13:37 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Releasing wild pigs has been mentioned by several; great idea. What about adding an army of 10,000 skunks? Rattlesnakes? etc.


44 posted on 12/09/2023 7:14:26 AM PST by Migraine
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To: Nateman

They got the idea from Egypt.
They did the same thing in 2012.
This was during the Arab Spring.
Egypt was trying to stop the terrorists from Gaza from coming into Egypt.
So, over the course of a year flooded 32 tunnels with sea water


45 posted on 12/09/2023 7:16:15 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Ikeon

Acetylene Is no joke when it comes to explosions.


46 posted on 12/09/2023 7:20:15 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It is easier to destroy anything than it is to build it.


47 posted on 12/09/2023 7:31:12 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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To: Nateman

seriously? I mean how could they possibly conceive of an idea like flooding tunnels that are half a mile from the ocean with sea water?


48 posted on 12/09/2023 7:31:30 AM PST by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: Celtic Conservative

They probably have garden hoses to breath through. 🤔 Once the tunnels are full, send in some sonar equipped sharks. I hear they’re fond of brined ham-ass.


49 posted on 12/09/2023 7:33:01 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: bert

Maybe even in the lower levels of “innocent civilians” abodes have access to tunnels.


50 posted on 12/09/2023 7:36:19 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: gibsonguy

According to the IDF as of a few days ago, yes.

CC


51 posted on 12/09/2023 7:45:49 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The ‘Daisy Cutter’: A Jungle-Evaporating Bomb that Explodes Like a Nuke
52 posted on 12/09/2023 7:49:23 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: Celtic Conservative
"Israel is pumping millions of gallons of seawater into the tunnels daily. I wonder how long ham-ass can hold their breath?"

CC

Wouldn't "gas" be much easier? Israeli's could "capture "gas" from farting cows, pump that into the tunnels. Tunnels that big would give them a lot of "carbon credits".


53 posted on 12/09/2023 7:51:10 AM PST by guest7
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To: Clutch Martin
"Flood the with seawater and turn them into sewers."

Hey. Can they grow "mushrooms" down there?


54 posted on 12/09/2023 7:55:47 AM PST by guest7
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To: Albion Wilde

You beat me to it. Daisy cutters at as many entrances as can be found, detonate simultaneously. Rinse and repeat.


55 posted on 12/09/2023 7:57:34 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: mewzilla

Seems so.


56 posted on 12/09/2023 7:57:39 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule#1: The elites want you dead.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Announce the new Gaza sewage system and begin operations.

;-)


57 posted on 12/09/2023 8:03:21 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Celtic Conservative
Israel is pumping millions of gallons of seawater sewage into the tunnels daily. I wonder how long ham-ass can hold their breath?
58 posted on 12/09/2023 8:04:03 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Dutch Boy
No raw sewage, that’ll just contaminat the Huge Resort that needs to be built.

Run Operation Feral Cowboy. Then flood the system. Then Carpet Bomb from the 3 Borders to the Beach. Let it cool off and Bulldoze the area flat. Build a Huge Resort.

Operation Feral Cowboy:

Texas has an abundance of Feral Hogs.

Park a C-5 Galaxy at the end of a taxiway with the rear ramp down and leave a trail of corn up the ramp with a one way gate and fill the cargo bay up, close the ramp and fly Porky and Friends on over to the East Side and offload them into a tunnel funnel.

Average Feral Hog are about 200 pounds each.

C-5 Galaxy can transport Maximum Cargo: 281,001 pounds (127,460 Kilograms).

281,001/200=1405 Little Piggies running amok in the tunnels.

71 posted on 12/6/2023, 2:20:43 PM by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!) *****************************

59 posted on 12/09/2023 8:23:46 AM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Another reason to FLOOD the tunnels.

WATER seeks it’s own level


60 posted on 12/09/2023 8:35:38 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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