For the first time, Israel has admitted that it has used flooded tunnels to deal with Hamas.
The Israeli military claims that the IDF has "destroyed the underground infrastructure of the Gaza Strip" by installing pumps and pipes to channel large amounts of seawater into the tunnels and force Hamas militants to show up.
As early as December last year, the United States** broke the news that Israel was considering flooding the underground tunnels in the Gaza Strip with seawater in order to force Hamas personnel to show up. However, the Israeli side has never responded positively to this question, only saying that it will take all effective means to deal with Hamas.
Now that the boots have landed, Israel has finally adopted the method of flooding the three armies. The result? At the moment, neither Israel nor Hamas has given a direct answer, but we can make some analysis.
First, the purpose of Israel's flooding of the sea should not be to drown Hamas personnel, but to force them out of the tunnels. At present, although the Israeli army controls Gaza as a whole, it is unable to eliminate a large number of Hamas's living forces, because most of the Hamas members are hiding in underground tunnels, and from time to time they drill out of the tunnels to attack the Israeli army, making the Israeli army defenseless.
Therefore, when conventional means failed, the Israeli army finally resorted to the big trick of flooding the sea, trying to force the Hamas elements out and fight a decisive battle on the ground.
Second, Israel is still a rat and does not dare to kill because Hamas still has Israeli hostages in its hands. At present, after several hostage exchanges, Hamas still has more than 100 Israeli hostages in its hands, and these more than 100 hostages are Hamas's best shield.
Now, Hamas is hiding all these hostages in hidden places in tunnels. If Israel floods the tunnels with seawater, it could endanger the lives of these hostages. Because of the hostage issue, Israel** has been scolded by the whole country, and now it is even more afraid to do things that endanger the lives of the hostages.
Third, is it useful to flood the tunnels with seawater? My judgment is that it should be useful. After all, Gaza is close to the sea, and the average altitude is about 10 meters. Hamas, however, has a tunnel depth of between 40 and 70 meters. This means that most of Hamas's tunnels are below sea level. In this case, if Israel were to resort to flooding the sea, the tunnels themselves would not be able to drain the water. Even if Hamas had the foresight to build a reservoir underground. But how big can an underground cistern be? As long as Israel continues to fill the sea, the reservoir will be full.
In this sense, Israel and Hamas have nothing to do with each other now, but they will certainly continue to fight. The national and historical hatred between Palestine and Israel cannot be resolved, and the current war and vendetta will only allow the hatred to continue to the next generation.