Also in the tunnels will be stockpiles of weapons, food, water, generators, fuel and other equipment. Reports suggest that most of the tunnels are just two meters high and two meters wide.Įxperts say it's likely this is where the 200 or so hostages Hamas took after its October 7 terror attacks on Israel are being kept. The network of an estimated 1,300 tunnels is thought to be around 500 kilometers (310 miles) long altogether, with some tunnels as deep as 70 meters (230 feet) underground. "This expansive underground complex is the wicked problem, one for which no perfect solution exists, awaiting Israeli ground forces." "The scale of the challenge in Gaza, where hundreds of miles of tunnels crisscross below ground in the enclave, is entirely unique," John Spencer, chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute, part of the United States Military Academy West Point, wrote in an article this week. Outside of North Korea's underground facilities, Hamas, which is classified as a terrorist organization by the US, European Union and others, likely runs the largest tunnel network in the world. Tunnels built by the militant group Hamas are likely to be one of the biggest challenges for the Israeli military should it decide to launch a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.
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