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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I was under the impression the technology to identify underground stuff was pretty cheap.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

It's hard and expensive. The us-mexico border has the same problem and US spends like crazy to find tunnels. If the tunnel is bellow 5-10 meters I think it's almost imposible [1]

In Gaza from what I heard they also only use hand tools to avoid making a lot of noise.

[–] IphtashuFitz 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The article indicated this tunnel was entirely inside Gaza and was likely used by militants for storage, staging, etc. Israel focuses on locating tunnels that cross the border, not ones that are nearly half a kilometer behind it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Watch as it turns out to be another tunnel they made

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


That day, militants used a rocket-propelled grenade to break past the portion of wall close to the Erez crossing and stormed the base, killing at least three soldiers and kidnapping some back to Gaza, the army said.

It was one of several places along the border wall where militants easily blew past Israel’s security defenses, entered Israeli territory and killed around 1,200 people and took about 240 others hostage.

The unprecedented attack triggered a devastating war that has raged for more than 10 weeks and claimed more than 18,000 lives in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health officials.

He added that the entrance, a circular cement opening leading to a cavernous passageway, was located under a garage, hiding it from Israeli drones and satellite images.

While the military was aware that Hamas had an extensive tunnel network, Dinar said they didn’t think the militants would be able to carry out their plans for a large-scale attack.

The Erez crossing, a fortress-like facility that processed the movement of Palestinians into Israel for work, medical care and transit to neighboring Jordan, held great symbolic value for Hamas.


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