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Hamas digging ‘terror tunnels’ along border with Israel
JerusalemPost ^
| March 21, 2011
| Yaakov Katz
Posted on 03/20/2011 11:08:18 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
Gaza groups now have more dangerous missiles that can reach Tel Aviv, and are working on improved communications systems modeled on independent Hezbollah network established in Lebanon.
Facing a possible new conflict against Hamas, concern is growing within the IDF regarding increased efforts by Palestinian terrorist groups to dig tunnels under the border that could be used to infiltrate into Israel and perpetrate attacks.
According to IDF sources, the number of tunnels has grown in recent years. Hamas is under orders to dig “terror tunnels” along the border.
Hamas has split into five different regional brigades – north, Gaza City, central Gaza, Khan Younis and Rafah.
The exact number of tunnels is unknown to the IDF.
Tunnels have been used in the past by Hamas and other terrorist groups to infiltrate into Israel. The terrorists who abducted Gilad Schalit from his military post near Kerem Shalom, in June 2006, crossed into Israel through an underground tunnel.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hamas; iran; islam; israel; lebanon; terrorism
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To: Tennessee Nana
More and more dangerous with Mubarak’s departure.
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posted on
03/20/2011 11:14:29 PM PDT
by
Milagros
(Y)
To: Milagros
Agreed. This is waht was feared.
As usual, no lapdogs investigate this....
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posted on
03/20/2011 11:22:33 PM PDT
by
Freedom56v2
("If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it is free"--PJ O'rourke)
To: Tennessee Nana
How deep ya need it?
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posted on
03/20/2011 11:23:40 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Tennessee Nana
The cult of Islam shall perish. All their hatred shall fall back upon their own heads.
To: Tennessee Nana
Is this really a real problem?
I would think that with ground penetrating radar, noise and vibration monitoring, that detecting new tunnels should not be that difficult. Perhaps there is just too much territory to cover, but the technology should be there.
If a tunnel is found, it can always have the outside packed with explosives and then destroyed whenever anyone uses it (along with whoever is inside the tunnel). I wonder if the terrorists would complain about their members being killed while in a tunnel trying to sneak into Israel, (probably would complain about anything.)
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posted on
03/21/2011 12:13:46 AM PDT
by
Robert357
(D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
To: Tennessee Nana
Hey, you think the Israelis know about this? Maybe someone should tell them.
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posted on
03/21/2011 12:32:02 AM PDT
by
lurk
To: Robert357
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posted on
03/21/2011 12:52:30 AM PDT
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
To: Tennessee Nana
"Islam, the absurd religion of an immoral beduin, is a decaying corpse that poisons our lives." .... Ataturk ...
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03/21/2011 1:50:30 AM PDT
by
Bobalu
( "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother." ..Moshe Dayan:)
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posted on
03/21/2011 4:19:18 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
To: Tennessee Nana
Israel must retake the Philadelphi Route it surrendered to Egypt when Israel gave up Gaza.
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posted on
03/21/2011 5:45:54 PM PDT
by
dervish
(“They consulted the Arab League and the UN. They did not consult the United States Congress")
To: Tennessee Nana
Israel must retake the Philadelphi Route it surrendered to Egypt when Israel gave up Gaza.
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posted on
03/21/2011 5:46:02 PM PDT
by
dervish
(“They consulted the Arab League and the UN. They did not consult the United States Congress")
To: Robert357
I wonder if the terrorists would complain about their members being killed while in a tunnel trying to sneak into Israel, (probably would complain about anything.) They'll just make children do the digging, then dig them back out and lay the bodies around.
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posted on
03/21/2011 5:50:01 PM PDT
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: philman_36
http://twocatsstanding.com/gallery/images/gallery/large/icf-rebar.jpgInteresting construction. Looks relatively bomb resistant. However, it doesn't look "gravel-and-concrete" resistant.
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posted on
03/21/2011 6:01:02 PM PDT
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: meyer
Picture’s at the link - I forgot to put the image tags on it.
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posted on
03/21/2011 6:03:13 PM PDT
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: meyer
However, it doesn't look "gravel-and-concrete" resistant.
It's a concrete form. You pour the concrete into the form.
Concrete is gravel, sand and cement.
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posted on
03/22/2011 12:10:05 AM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Milagros
Totally emboldened and yes, with Mubarak's departure; and as bad, Obama's Presidency. All too pathetic and so very threatening to Israel's core existance. Hope they fight back - harder and do not let the tunnels 'happen'.
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posted on
03/22/2011 5:51:00 AM PDT
by
cricket
(Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .and Obama, not made in the USA either.. .)
To: philman_36
It's a concrete form. You pour the concrete into the form.
Concrete is gravel, sand and cement.Dang it - last night, it looked like entrance walls to a tunnel with lots of supporting structure between them. :-)
I guess I know why it looked inviting to cement and gravel - because it's made for that.
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posted on
03/22/2011 6:24:52 AM PDT
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: philman_36
It's a concrete form. You pour the concrete into the form.
Concrete is gravel, sand and cement.Dang it - last night, it looked like entrance walls to a tunnel with lots of supporting structure between them. :-)
I guess I know why it looked inviting to cement and gravel - because it's made for that.
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posted on
03/22/2011 6:25:10 AM PDT
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: philman_36
———Concrete is gravel, sand and cement———
And water.
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posted on
03/22/2011 6:28:36 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
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