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Israel Seawater has started flooding some tunnels Hamas Inside Gaza, as part of its strategy to end the Palestinian Islamic Movement, which carried out massacres in its territory on October 7. Its aim is to bring out the terrorists hiding underground.
According to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Los Israeli Armed Forces They have installed five large water pumps near the refugee camp A shirt, in Gaza City. From there it started Pump water from the Mediterranean to the system Hamas tunnels. This process started in November. This information is based on US sources.
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The WSJ said it was the first evidence of one extending through hundreds of kilometers of tunnels. Hamas If they succeed.
According to the American newspaper, in a few days the machines pumped thousands of cubic meters of water per hour, and in a few weeks they will flood most of the Gazan tunnels where the tests are being conducted.
A CNN source also confirmed the news, saying the Israelis informed the US about this new strategy.
Israel It’s not yet certain whether it will work, the source told CNN, but assured the US that the test is being done carefully. Only in the mines where he thinks there are no hostages.
Israel reported that Hamas He holds 135 hostages, 19 of them corpses, and many more are believed to be held captive in the extensive tunnel network beneath Gaza.
The Israeli military said earlier this month Destroyed at least 500 tunnels Gaza And more than 800 are located around the Palestinian enclave.
Last week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) They said many tunnel entrances are located in “generally populated areas” and inside civil structures.
In 2021, Hamas claims to have built 500 kilometers of tunnels in Gaza.
The IDF has not publicly confirmed that they are flooding Mines of HamasBut a few days ago the army chief Herzi Halevi said “It’s a good idea However, I will not comment on its details.
Except for the sea water, the Israeli army tried to destroy it Mines Along with airstrikes and liquid explosives, it sends robots and drones.
Biden opposes
strategy Israel Flooding in mines Hamas Questioned by his greatest ally, America. On Tuesday, the president Joe Biden warned of the negative impact this could have on the public He also warned of the possibility of hostages in these mines.
“It’s very safe, it’s been said that it’s not Hostages among them Mines. I don’t know for sure, but I know it Every civilian death is a tragedy.“, said good At a press conference at the White House with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Besides…
Thousands have died since October 7
- Last October 7 Hamas A surprise attack against Israel killed more than 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and 240 were kidnapped and taken to Gaza.
- Israel declared war on Hamas and on the same October 7, launched a military operation by air, land and sea in the Palestinian territory, where 18,600 people have already died and 50,600 have been injured, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Biden He added, “We have to support IsraelBecause it is a “free nation” and “brutal and inhuman” Hamas The EFE agency reported that its population was unprecedented in the attack on October 7.
But he also said he made it clear to the Israelis He is concerned about the safety of innocent PalestiniansSo the actions they take in their attacks “must be consistent with their efforts to do everything possible to prevent the injury and killing of innocent Palestinian civilians.”
That’s not the only warning Biden He inaugurated the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu. The president said this at a private event in Washington on Tuesday while raising funds for his re-election campaign. Israel ‘begins to lose support’ over Gaza bombings He thought Netanyahu must change his regime.
The UN called it irreparable damage
Like it BidenThe him If there is an intention, he said on Wednesday Israel Flooding in tunnel complex HamasIt causes Irreparable damage to Gaza’s water and sewage infrastructureTo the point “it may affect future generations”.
“We do not know if this is confirmed or if it is happening, but I would like to point out that if this happens, it will cause serious damage to Gaza’s water and sewage infrastructure, which is already very fragile,” declared the humanitarian coordinator. At a United Nations press conference on the Palestinian Territories, Lynn Hastings.
HastingsIn East Jerusalem, he pointed out that this could cause very serious damage to the aquifer, which is an important water source for the population through the desalination process, EFE reported.
Gaza’s delicate ecosystem will also be at risk And even the foundations of buildings and roads become brittle due to increased pressure and seawater intrusion, causing them to collapse.
“Again, we have no assurance that this will happen, but if it does, it will be seen as another problem with access to drinking water for the people of Gaza,” he said. Hastings.
