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Entry of a Gaza smuggling tunnel. The tunnels are normally dug by individual contractors from basements of houses or an olive grove under the border at depths of up to 30 meters (100 feet), [15] and reaching up to 800 meters (2640 feet) in length. In many cases, the owners of the houses enter into a business arrangement with the tunnel builders.
The total size and dimensions of the Palestinian tunnel network in the Gaza Strip is unknown, with all parties involved keeping the details classified. [6] [7] [8] In 2016, Ismail Haniyeh, the former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority and later Chairman of the Hamas Government, indicated that the tunnel network was double the size of the Củ Chi tunnels, which were developed ...
The Gaza Power Plant (GPP), which had been supplying 30 percent of the electricity available in Gaza, has been exclusively dependent on Egyptian diesel smuggled through the tunnels, since early 2011. On 1 November, after depleting its fuel reserves, the GPP was forced to shut down, triggering power outages of up to 16 hours per day, up from 8 ...
The Independent explains why the Hamas’ undergound tunnels could prove fatal to Israel’s ground operation in Gaza Tunnels, traps and the ticking timer: Why Israel is facing a ‘nightmare ...
The Independent explains what this incursion could look like and the myriad hurdles that Israel must overcome
Tunnel warfare has been a feature of history, ... I am telling you that the tunnels we have in the Gaza Strip exceed 500 kilometers,” Sinwar said following a bloody 11-day war with Israel ...
Palestinian sources said that construction of the barrier was damaging dozens of smuggling tunnels as deep as 30 m (100 feet), causing them to collapse on a nearly daily basis and killing operators, especially tunnels near the Rafah border terminal. They added that most of the 1,500 tunnels between Gaza and Egypt remained unaffected.
A tunnel allegedly used by Hamas during an embed tour of northern Gaza led by the IDF. (Raf Sanchez / NBC News) The tunnel network is not only a highway for Hamas fighters to travel the Strip ...