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Hamas Tunnels Are Huge and Hard to Imagine

Hamas Tunnels Are Huge and Hard to Imagine One of the Hamas tunnel network. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen/Files  -  The Israeli military is expected to have great difficulty defusing Hamas' tunnels, which it claims are 500 kilometers long. Avi Issacharoff, a journalist and creator of a television series about Gaza, called the tunnel infrastructure difficult to imagine.  "The tunnels are very dense, a very large system that allows Hamas to take people and hostages, as well as motorbikes, artillery, rockets and everything you can imagine," he said as quoted by detikINET from the Times of Israel, Tuesday (7/11/2023 ).  According to him, from his several visits as a journalist, the tunnel network is located throughout the Gaza Strip. "They (Hamas) are all underground, under the houses in Gaza City," he said.  SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Israeli army itself is trying to destroy the Hamas tunnel even though it is predicted that it will encounter many d

Hamas Tunnels and the Vietcong Tunnel Nightmare

Hamas Tunnels and the Vietcong Tunnel Nightmare Vietcong tunnels during the Vietnam War against America. Photo: NDTV  -  The battle between Israel and Hamas is an unequal battle based on numbers and sophistication of weapons. However, Hamas has an interesting force, namely tunnels.  The tunnel, nicknamed 'Gaza Metro', made by Hamas, is used as a weapons distribution system and troop movement. It was from this tunnel that Hamas reportedly obtained, managed and sent its weapons supplies to all troops, as reported by NDTV.  Tunnels in various shapes and technologies have been used in warfare for centuries. Since the 66th century until the Jewish rebellion against the Romans, the Vietcong in the Vietnam War to Al Qaeda during the Afghanistan War.  SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Vietcong tunnel In facing an enemy who used tunnels as a support for fighting, America had an interesting experience in Vietnam.  During the 20 years of the Vietnam War, the Vietcong used their