Posted on 12/17/2023 2:51:45 PM PST by Libloather
Israel has revealed what it says is the biggest tunnel its troops have ever discovered, as its army works to expose and destroy Hamas terrorists' sprawling underground city known as 'the Gaza Metro'.
Thought to stretch some 300 miles beneath the embattled enclave, Israeli soldiers have painstakingly sought to locate every entrance to every passageway in the 'spider's web' of tunnels and make them unusable.
The network was instrumental to Hamas in organising the October 7 atrocities, which saw its fighters storm across the Israeli border and murder 1,200 people, and has been used as a hiding place for terrorists and their weapons.
Israel's Defence Forces spokesperson has now given journalists a tour of the extensive tunnel, which spokesperson Daniel Hagari said is wide enough to fit a car through and spans well over 2.5 miles (4km).
He said the tunnel had been built in order to carry out a terror attack, with its end just 400 metres (1,310ft) before the Erez Crossing - the barrier Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups smashed through to launch their bloody attack on Israel more than 70 days ago.
Hagari told reporters that this tunnel system alone cost 'millions of dollars', adding that it had been a project led by Mohammad Sinwar, the brother and right-hand man of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and commander of Hamas' Khan Younis Battalion.
'We are going to enter the biggest tunnel we have found in Gaza, the biggest secret of [Mohammad] Sinwar, his subterranean tunnel project,' the commanding officer said as he led a triumphant tour of the underground lair.
The IDF has vowed to hunt down and kill Sinwar, who they say is hiding 'deep underground'.
IDF spokesperson Avijaa Adraei explained how the giant tunnel was unearthed.
'Attack operations were launched from the aforementioned tunnel targeting...
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And sharks.
With frickin’ lasers attached to their heads.
piranhas
If all the money and effort to build the tunnels have been invested better how much better off would they have been?
If all the climate change money had been invested in a real problem, think of where we would be today.
Video here from IDF
The biggest Hamas terrorist tunnel discovered.
https://rumble.com/v41to71-the-biggest-hamas-terrorist-tunnel-discovered..html
How do these creeps build a tunnel of that magnitude and no one seems to notice!?
I favor filling it with high explosives. Then push the button.
Fill it with hundreds of hungry PIGS then wait a couple days before you fill it with methane then ignite it.
Guess this isn’t the one Bruce Springstein had in mind in Tunnel of Love.
Once source:
In Tunnel of Love, Springsteen is writing about the promises people make to each other and the way they renege on those promises, about the romantic dreams we’re brought up with and the internal demons that stifle those dreams.
Maybe not so far off. Peace conference promises violated and
the demons in the tunnel.
Agree. Incredible amount of wasted money and labor to build those tunnels.
Now we know how Hamas was able to get to the border with Israel so quickly they just drove on in through that tunnel without anyone knowing. Ya know its funny how you keep on hearing about a 2 state solution..Gaza is already a state, have you see the size of Gaza its hundreds upon hundreds of miles, different cities, HUGE HUGE area..if they really had wanted to, they could have turned Gaza into a beautiful place to live, nice houses, schools, restaurants, hospitals, you name it they could have had it, instead Hamas took all the money and built THIS, this is what they did with the money
With frickin’ lasers attached to their heads"
That rates a visual
Nuke it from Space. It’s the only way to be sure.
The Gaza Strip is 25 miles long and averages less than 6 miles wide. 141 square miles total.
It reminds me of the effort Europeans put into creating salt mines- some of those are absolutely amazing, and they were dug out with hand tools.
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/32/gallery/
https://www.lonelypoland.com/worlds-largest-salt-mine-church-a-must-see-wonder-in-poland/
https://www.historyhit.com/beautiful-subterranean-salt-mines-around-the-world/
But for more peaceful purposes….
Wasn’t built to shelter Gaza’s citizens, was it?
One way - be aware that Israel had a big hand in the creation of Hamas.
> If all the money and effort to build the tunnels have been invested better how much better off would they have been?
Exactly, one thinks that a densely populated area like that could have used a subway for public transit rather a hideout for terrorists.
Fill it with explosives and terrorists and then set it off. Why waste a good tunnel?
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