Egypt and the tunnels
It's been reported that Israel may be about to flood the Hamas tunnels with sea water. If they do flood the tunnels, they won't be the first ones to do it. Business Insider has this story today ...
Israel is said to be flooding Hamas tunnels — a tactic Egypt already used in 2013, but with sewage
And here's a bit from an article from 2013 in The New York Times on this ...
To Block Gaza Tunnels, Egypt Lets Sewage Flow
And Egypt also tried seawater to flood the tunnels next in 2015, according to Reuters ...
Egyptian flooding drowns Gaza's tunnel business
So, not a new idea.
posted by crystal | 11:03 PM
2 Comments:
If they put the word out, and everybody knows they're going to do it, it's on Hamas if they don't get everyone out. It might be the only way to shut down the tunnels except for trying to pulverize them out of existence, and good luck with that.
But it also seems like it might be bad for the environment to flood with sea water. No good options.
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