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According to CNN, an American ** said on Tuesday (12th) that the Israeli side informed the United States that they have begun "cautious testing" of "flooding some tunnels in Gaza with seawater on a limited basis" to test the ability to damage the tunnel network in the area on a larger scale.
Israel is still not sure if this will work, but they assured the U.S. side that they are carefully testing only in tunnels that it believes there are no hostages, the report said.
According to Wall Street, this is a picture of Israeli soldiers in a tunnel under a hospital in Gaza City in November, which is said to have been used by Hamas militants. Source: US media.
CNN said the ** had asked the IDF for comment.
On the 4th of this month, the US "Wall Street**" revealed that Israel is considering flooding the underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip with seawater, forcing Hamas personnel who may be hiding in the tunnels to appear. This news quickly aroused widespread concern in the international community. Among them, the Arabs** were shocked and indignant at the news that Israel might flood the Gaza tunnels with water. On the 5th, many local ** quoted the news of "Wall Street**" to report on the matter. According to the New Arab newspaper, such an approach would seriously damage the hydroecological environment of the Gaza Strip and pose a threat to the security of water supply for the residents of Gaza, causing an even greater humanitarian catastrophe.
According to the latest news from the Times of Israel, on December 12, local time, Israeli Defense Minister Gallant revealed that the Israeli army is "operating deep underground" in the Gaza Strip. Gallant said that in addition to conducting military operations on the ground in the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces are also conducting search operations underground in the area, looking for Hamas bunkers, war rooms, communications centers, ammunition depots and conference rooms.