Hamas is said to have built an approximately 300-mile subterranean system of tunnels that snakes beneath civilian homes, schools and hospitals in urban areas of the Gaza Strip.
JERUSALEM — In his daily briefings, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari regularly reminds Israelis that the war against Hamas in Gaza is being fought from 'the air, the sea and the land,' yet he misses out on one important arena that is likely to become the focus as Israel sends its troops deeper into the Palestinian enclave: The vast web of underground tunnels built by Hamas.
Tunnels change everything about how the military is going to be able to advance and take control of the situation,' said Daphné Richemond-Barak, senior researcher and head of the International Law Desk at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University in Israel.
Now, noted Melamed, Hamas’ tunnel has developed even further into a vast labyrinth of passageways that connect bunkers, command centers and even munitions storage facilities, a system that is often referred to as 'the Gaza metro.' Many officials in Israel believe that the majority of the 240 hostages, held captive by Hamas since the Oct. 7 assault, are hidden somewhere inside this underground network.
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