Israeli Israel is said to have settled in the Gaza Strip duct system which they may use to flood underground tunnels used by the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas to disable them and force the fighters of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades to leave them, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday Monday (4/12), citing sources in the US government .
About mid-November, the paper explained, Israel’s military has completed the installation of at least five pipelines, about a kilometer and a half from the Ash Shati refugee camp. These pipelines theoretically allow it to pump thousands of cubic meters of water every hour and flood the complex network of underground tunnels within weeks, according to the report.
It is not clear whether and to what extent Israel intends to proceed with this move before all the hostages are released. Hamas has said that captives are in “secure locations and tunnels”.
According to Wall Street Journal sources, Israel informed the US of this plan – which will also affect the small enclave’s water and sewage system – last month, but it is unclear how close Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is to giving the order.
Israel’s Defense Ministry did not immediately respond when Reuters news agency sought comment.
Source: News Beast
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