According to Wall Street's ** local time on December 12, the United States ** said that the Israeli army has begun to inject seawater into Hamas's underground pipeline complex in Gaza, and the Israeli side believes that Hamas uses tunnels to move personnel on the battlefield and store ammunition
The U.S. side ** said that Israel installed five pumps on December 5, each pumping thousands of cubic meters of seawater per hour, and it was expected to flood underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip with seawater within a few weeks.
Earlier, Hamas had said that they hid detainees in safe places and tunnels.
A U.S.A. said in an interview on the matter that Israel's attempt to close the underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip is understandable, and that Israel is exploring a range of ways to do so.
Last month, Israel reportedly informed the U.S. of the plan for the first time, sparking discussions on both sides, including the environmental impact and military necessity of implementing the plan, with some U.S. expressing concern about the plan, while others, supporting Israel's closure of underground tunnels and saying the U.S. is not necessarily opposed to the plan
So far, Israel has discovered about 800 underground tunnels, and they admit that the actual tunnel network is larger than what has been discovered so far.
Since then, two more pumps have been added and some preliminary tests have been carried out Expected to flood the tunnels within a few weeks A spokesman for the Israeli Defense Ministry declined to comment on this, saying that the operation of the flooded tunnels was classified According to the report, Biden has been concerned that the use of seawater may not work well and could endanger Gaza's fresh water.
Wall Street** says that considering the option of flooding underground tunnels with seawater shows that Israel must balance the pursuit of its war goals with the enormous international pressure to protect civilians It is not clear how far Israel is from implementing this plan They have not yet made a final decision.