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The Army of Israel admitted this Tuesday to having flooded Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip to destroy them, as militias from the Palestinian Islamic group are hiding there, as well as bases for supervising attacks and weapons.
The military “implemented new capabilities to neutralize underground terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza strip plumbing large volumes of water in the tunnels”today detailed a military statement, something that Israeli forces had never confirmed until now, despite rumors.
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According to Israeli troops, “Water pumping was only carried out in appropriate tunnel routes and locations”after having studied the location of the wells and the characteristics of the subsoil, without damaging the underground pipes, and after installing pumps and pipes in the Strip.
Families of the 136 hostages still detained in Link showed from the beginning fear of this practicenow confirmed, since It could also endanger captives.
It is estimated that Hamas has developed a network of more than 480 kilometers of tunnels throughout the Palestinian enclave.and that only a small part of them were destroyed in the almost four months of the Israeli offensive.
Yesterday, in a tunnel Measuring just over a kilometer long and 20 kilometers deep, the army said in a statement that it had found a military base of which a command Hamas at Khan Yunis, south of the Strip, he is said to have supervised attacks, including that of 7 October.
The tunnel was destroyed by the Yahalom special unitwhich demolished it after completion of the inspection.
With intense fighting in the south of RangeAt least 114 Gazans were killed in the last 24 hours by Israeli bombings, bringing the total number of deaths to 26,750, according to the latest data from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health.
Source: Elcomercio
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