For the first time, Israel has admitted that it has used flooded tunnels to deal with Hamas.
The Israeli army said that in order to destroy the terrorist group in Gaza, the IDF laid pumps and pipes in the tunnels, injected large quantities of water into the tunnels and forced Hamas militants out.
In December, news in the United States revealed that Israel was planning to pump tunnels into the Gaza Strip into the sea in order to force out Hamas members. However, the Israeli side has never given a clear answer, saying only that they will solve Hamas in all possible ways.
And now, Israel has chosen to flood their army. The result? Until now, neither Israel nor Hamas has provided a clear answer, but we can analyze it to a certain extent.
First, Israel is not trying to drown the members of Hamas, but is simply trying to lure them out of the tunnel. At present, although the Israeli military has taken control of Gaza, they have not been able to catch most of Hamas's troops, because most of the Hamas people are hiding in tunnels and occasionally emerge from the tunnels to attack, which catches the Israeli army by surprise.
So, when the traditional methods were ineffective, the Israeli army finally resorted to the trick of "pouring into the sea", trying to lure the Hamas people to land for a final battle.
The second reason is that Hamas still has Israeli hostages in its hands, and the Israeli side still has some scruples. After several hostage exchanges, Hamas still controls more than 100 Israeli hostages, and these hostages are Hamas's best cover.
Today, Hamas hides all the hostages in the hidden places of the tunnels. If Israel were to pour large quantities of seawater into the tunnels, the lives of those hostages would be at risk. Because of the hostage incident, Israel** has been condemned by the people, so they will not hurt any more hostages.
Third, is it possible to fill the tunnel with water? I think it works. Gaza is a seaside city, so the sea level here is generally only more than 10 meters. However, the tunnels dug by Hamas are more than 40 to 70 meters deep. That is, most of Hamas's tunnels are below the sea surface. Under such conditions, even if Israel adopts the strategy of "reclamation", it is impossible for the tunnel itself to pump the water away. Even if Hamas had foreseen that they would build reservoirs underground. But how big is the capacity of an underground reservoir? If Israel continues to inject into the sea, the reservoir will be filled.
From this point of view, Israel and Hamas, although neither can help the other, are also destined to fight. There are irreconcilable ethnic and historical grievances between Palestine and Israel, and today's wars and killings can only pass on this grudge to future generations.