According to press reports, Hamas has fuel, food and medicine, as well as ammunition and weapons in the tunnels under the Gaza Strip for four months of fighting.
The New York Times, citing not only Western but also Arab officials, reports that Israeli authorities’ claims that Hamas has amassed large supplies, including food and fuel urgently needed in Gaza, are true.
A senior Lebanese official said that Hamas, whose numbers are estimated at 35,000-40,000. people, has enough supplies to last three or four months without replenishing them.
500 km of Hamas tunnels under the Gaza Strip?
According to “NYT”, the network of tunnels that Hamas has built over the years could be as long as 500 kilometers and up to 40 meters deep. Underground passageways are used to infiltrate the enemy, as well as to smuggle food, goods, people and weapons. Terrorists hide fuel and food from ordinary Palestinians.
After three weeks of blockade on the Gaza Strip, there is a shortage of everything – from food and medicine to fuel and electricity, among others. to power hospitals, desalinate or pump water, operate bakery ovens and use the internet and mobile telephony.
Hamas has become adept at producing its own weapons in underground bunkers and protecting them from sophisticated Israeli tracking systems. The organization has also raised a lot of money through long-term taxation of Palestinians living in Gaza.
The entrances to the tunnels, among other things, are hidden. in houses on the border with Egypt. Israel has limited insight into this on the Egyptian side. According to the Israeli military, each tunnel costs Hamas an average of about $3 million.
One of the four Israeli hostages released by Hamas said the prisoners were given medicine, shampoo and hygiene products, including sanitary pads. All of these things are now almost completely unavailable in Gaza.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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