Rare photos from ‘underground Gaza’ give glimpse of tunnel threat

Photographs taken by photographer Jack Guez show tunnels dug by Hamas from Gaza into Israel. IDF troops still occupied with uncovering and destroying more tunnels: ‘Every day of combat allows us to inflict greater damage on this infrastructure.’

[ Itay Blumenthal ]

The photographs illustrates the threat in full force – the tunnels are professionally constructed, some reinforced with cement, equipped with rail tracks, power cables and a communications system. Hamas has invested a fortune in building the tunnels meant for terrorist attacks.

An Israeli army officer gives explanations to journalists during an army organised tour in a tunnel (Photo: Reuters)

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced on Friday that since the ground operation was first launched, IDF troops have uncovered 31 tunnels, 11 of which that were destroyed and taken out of use. Earlier, GOC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Sami Turgeman held a press briefing and addressed the threat posed by the tunnels

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