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| First images 'show Israel preparing to flood Hamas tunnels with sea water as troops set up pipes and pumps in Gaza' |
| 2023-12-06 |
| [DM] Images have emerged appearing to show Israeli forces preparing to flood the labyrinth of tunnels used by Hamas under the Gaza Strip with sea water. Israel is said to have completed installing at least five pumps about a mile north of the Al-Shati refugee camp that could move thousands of cubic metres of water per hour - meaning they could flood the 300-mile network of tunnels within weeks. Their plan would be to drive out the terrorists from the tunnels and make them inoperable by flooding the system with seawater from the Mediterranean Sea. And now, images released by the IDF appear to show scores of Israeli soldiers setting up a series of black pipes on the sandy beaches of Gaza. Video shared by Israeli media also appears to show IDF soldiers working on the pipes while underground. It emerged on Monday that Israel has assembled a system of large pumps it could use to flood Hamas's vast network of tunnels under the Gaza Strip with sea water, according to US officials. The tactic would enable Israel to destroy the tunnels and kill any Hamas terrorists hiding within them, the officials told the Wall Street Journal. It was not clear whether Israel would consider using the pumps before all the Israeli hostages captured by Hamas terrorists on October 7 as any move to flood the tunnels would prove fatal for the captives. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #9 Little catnip for Herb (and I confess I wondered meself): Who's gonna get the big desal contracts? ;-) |
| Posted by: Blossom Panda2643 2023-12-06 22:44 |
| #8 How will the use of salt water to flood tunnels affect later use of land for farms? Mostly the tunnels are deeper than plant roots would go, I imagine, irish rage boy, and the soil is very sandy, so rain would quickly wash surface salts deeper. And over-pumping is already making the groundwater salty, so flushing the tunnels will just accelerate the results of carrying the self-governing Palestinian population. Catty, I realize, but nonetheless. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2023-12-06 22:20 |
| #7 Think Carthage. |
| Posted by: Cured Romantic 2023-12-06 16:09 |
| #6 How will the use of salt water to flood tunnels affect later use of land for farms? They do plan to turn gaza into israeli farm land dont they? |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2023-12-06 15:05 |
| #5 #4 responds to #2 |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-06 11:43 |
| #4 And that logic will affect UN? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-06 11:42 |
| #3 Kinda like salting the earth, though. Maybe they should flood it with gasoline instead. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-12-06 11:42 |
| #2 I don't think there is any use or reason for this tunnel except to conduct urban guerrilla warfare. So there cannot be any problem with destroying them. |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-12-06 11:28 |
| #1 Some UN brass popping up to say "this is against Laws of War" in 5 .. 4 ..3 |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-12-06 10:17 |