After weeks of heavy shelling and a highly violent ground operation in the Gaza Strip, 80% of the tunnels under the Palestinian enclave remain intact. The revelation comes from Israeli and American sources to the Wall Street Journal. The network of tunnels that pass under Palestinian territory is impressive. Israel – recalls the American newspaper – used several methods to disable them: it installed bombs to flood them with water from the Mediterranean, destroyed them with air strikes and liquid explosives, sent dogs and robots to search them, destroyed the entrances, placing highly trained soldiers.
But it is still not clear how much of the network has been destroyed: Israel and the United States are struggling to accurately assess the level of destruction, also because it is not clear with certainty how many kilometers of tunnels there are (it appears that about 400 kilometers, practically half of the New York subway system). However, sources in both countries believe that between 20% and 40% of the tunnels were damaged or unusable, most of them in northern Gaza. But there are still many tunnels where Palestinian terrorists, especially the leaders, continue to sow terror.
Source: IL Tempo
John Cameron is a journalist at The Nation View specializing in world news and current events, particularly in international politics and diplomacy. With expertise in international relations, he covers a range of topics including conflicts, politics and economic trends.
