Project Sword
Author: Yi Pinwen team big buffalo, welcome**
After a long period of grinding, the Israelis finally lost their patience. Recently, the Israeli army has used the trick of flooding the tunnels with seawater. This is a shot in the arm for those who support Israel, as if this time they can wipe out the Hamas organization and eliminate it. As a result, several days have passed, and there is still no so-called "major victory" announced. According to the past law, if a large number of Hamas members are killed or major "achievements" emerge, the Western BBC or CNN will definitely brag about it: killing a peasant will become a major leader of Hamas; Or boast of taking out dozens of guerrilla soldiers. Therefore, we are certain that Israel's plan to flood the tunnels with sea water has been thwarted.
As early as the beginning of the war last year, there were people in Israel who were clamoring for the use of seawater to fill the tunnels. According to the calculations of the self-conscious "war experts" in Israel, the installation of six super-large water pumps in northern Gaza can pump thousands of cubic meters of water per hour from these "industrial products" imported by the United States. Hamas claimed to have more than 500 kilometers of tunnels two years ago, and according to the speculation of "experts", it could flood all the tunnels in Gaza in about a month.
In order to intensify this ** offensive, many people also take the trouble to explain that most of the tunnels are located under the level of the Mediterranean, and even if there are drainage measures, it is difficult for these tunnels to remove all the seawater. Even the CIA's ** (not surprisingly, irrigation should be a bad idea recommended by these American devils) claims: The use of seawater to irrigate tunnels can be more effective than blasting and other methods to remove guerrillas, and can even cause tunnels to collapse; It can also continue to wreak havoc and prevent tunnels from being reused by Hamas guerrillas.
The real result? Hamas's spokesman has been slapping Israelis in the face: his reply was sharp, and Hamas's tunnels were built by infrastructure engineers, and the possibility and consequences of the "water attack" were considered from the outset. Al Jazeera's comments added to the frustration of Western supporters: it is difficult to assess the effectiveness of the tunnels, which are dug in soft sand and infiltrated by seawater, which may have to be re-flooded several times to achieve the effect.
(Netanyahu recently hinted at a defeat in his Gaza war).
It should also be emphasized that these measures sound very good, but the heads of military experts sitting in the office are not practical. These tunnels have drainage measures and waterproof partitions. Hamas closes some access roads to protect areas that are not flooded. When they built the tunnels, they arranged the drainage ditches and pumps, and no one would sit and wait for death.
In addition, the flooded tunnel seems simple, but the actual scale of operation is too large, resulting in the project cannot be fully realized. For example, if a Hamas tunnel is 2 meters high and 1 meter wide, it would take 2,000 cubic meters of water to flood a 1,000-meter-long tunnel. But Hamas's tunnels are open to the public that the length is at least 500 kilometers, so how much seawater is pumped? And it can only cope with the Gaza tunnels near the coastline, and if you go a little further away, you need large pipelines and pumps. These pumping devices were definitely exposed, and the soldiers of the partisans were relatively easy to destroy them. Another problem is that it is difficult to locate the entrance to the tunnel. Years of operation have allowed Hamas to turn the tunnels into an underground kingdom that has become cobweb-like in all directions. This required the intervention of ground troops, scouting the terrain and drawing maps, which again fell into the trap of the guerrillas. The guerrillas are sharpening their knives and waiting for the Israelis to enter the tunnels and then engage in a trap or annihilation battle (the initiative in the underground world remains in Hamas's hands). This deadly war game has been a game that has been played to the devastation of Israel, including the West, and since the Vietnam War era, there have been tunnel wars that have turned the United States around. Are the Israelis special? It is a myth that the war can be won by relying on the high-tech military products of the United States to enter the tunnels, otherwise why is there still frequent news of fighting in Gaza?
The issue of hostages is also taboo for Israelis. Every time you attack a Hamas stronghold, you always feel like a rat trap. Because some of the Israelis and some hostages of Western countries, as well as a large part of the population of Gaza, are hiding in the tunnels. If you keep using seawater to irrigate the tunnels, you can only kill the "meat tickets" of those Western countries. It is up to Israel to be condemned by the families of those countries.
(Egypt has long since flooded its tunnels, only to be eaten by the sea.) Seawater infusion will cause saline land).
There are also ethical issues that bind the Israelites. The use of seawater to inject into tunnels can lead to local environmental pollution problems. According to UN environmental experts, if seawater is used continuously, it will lead to land pollution for generations. When the time comes, the whole world will go and scold Israel with blood. This has not happened before, and the Egyptians used this method. A few years ago, the Egyptians had been attacking smuggling routes in Gaza near their borders, flooding several tunnels with seawater. As a result, the soil has become salinized, and many farmers can no longer grow their crops. It is estimated that it will take at least 100 years for Israel's large-scale devastation to get rid of environmental pollution and other problems. So who bears the consequences and responsibilities for this? Only a crazy ** can carry out this inhumane military operation in spite of international pressure and public scolding.
To sum up, this is also the reason why there has been no follow-up news since the recent announcement of the seawater irrigation tunnel in Israel. After all, the crackdown was not effective, and the pressure of international condemnation was enormous, and after tentatively pouring a few tunnels, it ended silently after seeing that there was no big result. Friends who like this article, please share more**, if you have any interesting insights, please leave a message below to discuss!