The Israeli Army confirmed that it floods Hamas tunnels in Gaza. According to them, they are part of the tools to neutralize the threat.
Israel admitted that he threw “large volumes of water“in tunnels in the Gaza Strip for “neutralize“the attacks from there of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas.
In a statement, the israeli army noted that the flood is part of “the tools deployed to neutralize the threat of Hama’s underground tunnel networks”. In addition, they indicated that the necessary precautions were taken to “do not damage the groundwater in the area“.
Israel admitted flooding Hamas tunnels
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At first, the tunnel network was used to circumvent the blockade that Israel imposed on the Gaza Strip after Hamas came to power in 2007, allowing the movement of people, goods and weapons between the enclave and Egypt.
After the war between Hamas and Israel In 2014, the tunnel network was expanded and the Islamist movement began to use it for shooting. rockets against Israel.
According to a study by the US military West Point, the network, which was dubbed by Israel as “the Gaz metroa”, had 1,300 tunnels spanning more than 500 kilometers as soon as the conflict began. According to the Israeli army, Hamas militants are holding many of the hostages hidden in the network of tunnels.
Flooding Hamas tunnels, a dangerous option for Israel
In December, some Israeli media reported that the Army planned flood the tunnels with seawater pumped from the Mediterranean.
However, several experts warned that it was a option dangersa as it posed significant risks to besieged civilians in Gaza.
As he had commented at that time Lynn Hastingsthe United Nations humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian Territories, the floods were going to cause “Serious damage to Gaza’s already fragile water and sewage infrastructure“.
Source: Ambito
