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Already testing images released by the IDF yesterday "appear to show scores of Israeli soldiers setting up a series of black pipes" on Gaza's beaches. Seven weeks into Israel’s ground operation in Gaza, one of the key challenges facing Israeli military is the labyrinth of Hamas tunnels that it says spans the entirety of the Strip.
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Leaked audio recordings of a meeting between freed hostages and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this month revealed anger at the prospect of flooding the tunnels.

A freed female abductee whose husband remains in captivity is heard on one recording as saying: “You are about washing the tunnels with sea water? You are shelling the route of tunnels in the exact area where they are,” referring to heavy bombardment above the tunnels.

People gather with signs for a demonstration calling upon International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) to take action for release of hostages abducted by Palestinian militants on October 7 and currently held in the Gaza Strip, outside the ICRC offices in Tel Aviv on November 9, 2023 amid the ongoing fighting between Israel and the Hamas terrorists group.

Leaked audio of heated meeting reveals hostages’ You put politics above the return of the kidnapped, by Hamas terrorists” woman adds. Israel believes there are 132 hostages still in Gaza – of whom 112 are thought to be alive, while 20 are believed to be dead, the prime minister’s office told CNN Friday.

Some of the hostages released by Hamas in October spoke about tunnel system, describing the structure as a spiderweb. Adina Moshe, who was dragged from her safe room in Israel and taken to Gaza on October 7th, was forced into tunnels five stories underground, according to her nephew Eyal Nouri.

“Bottom line is Hamas terrorists tremendous time and money in this infrastructure is not for the benefit of the people in the Gaza Strip,” Levitt said, from Israel’s perspective, it remains one of the most important military-critical infrastructure to be targets and destory. “by one means or another, one is can certainly expect Israelis are going to be looking to disable Hamas tunnel system.”