New York Times: Israel must spend years to dismantle Gaza tunnels
| In an interview with the American newspaper, the Israeli officials, expressing the failure of the recent efforts to destroy the tunnel network in Gaza, admitted that their knowledge was insufficient to dismantle it. |
Fars News Agency International Group; “Intelligence failure” is the description used by the American newspaper New York Times in its report on Tuesday about the Israeli army’s underestimation of the “extent and importance” of Hamas tunnels.
This report, referring to the amazement of the Israeli army at the size and quality of the tunnels built by Hamas, adds that it was initially estimated that the tunnel network included 250 miles (400 km) underground passage and trench, but the Israeli army has now changed these estimates to 350-450 (560-725 km) or more.
Two unnamed Israeli officials told the New York Times, “There are about 5,700 separate wells leading into tunnels under Gaza.” One of these officials stated that these tunnels must be located, checked for the presence of captives and irreparable, saying that “it will take years to disable these tunnels” and admitting that Tel Aviv’s recent attempts to destroy the tunnels by flooding them with seawater have failed. Is.
In recent days and with the ground entry of the Zionist army into Gaza, the tunnels have almost become the biggest threat to it, and despite the change of initial estimates, Tel Aviv still has no idea. Not about the volume of tunnels.
Video that Hamas published about how to lead the occupying army to the “death trap” (Gaza tunnels)
The Israeli army on December 17 The four-kilometer long tunnel was reported in northern Gaza. Hebrew media in response to Tel Aviv’s attempt to gain from this discovery, the existence of such a wide tunnel (able to pass vehicles) and deep (up to 50 meters in some areas) with all facilities (plumbing, electricity and communication lines) within a few meters of Israeli settlements They considered it to be the peak of neglect of Hamas tunneling by the security institutions.
The Zionist regime’s army disclosed the number of soldiers killed and wounded in the tunnel war refused, but generally announced that 192 of its soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the ground operation in Gaza. With the New York Times, he said that he was involved in the destruction of about 50 tunnels in Beit Hanoun in northeastern Gaza, “all of which were equipped with bombs and other explosives and were activated remotely.”
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