ISRAEL has reportedly started pumping seawater into Hamas’s sprawling network of tunnels in Gaza in a bid to flush out terrorists.
The IDF is said to have installed at least five pumps close to the Al-Shati refugee camp in the besieged enclave, aiming to use them to destroy the underground labyrinth.
Israel is said to have installed five pumps in Gaza
US officials claim the operation in the tunnels has already startedInstagram /@ariel_oseran
The pumps would pour in thousands of cubic metres of water per hour from the Mediterranean Sea, which would drive out or drown Hamas terrorists.
US officials have now revealed the operation has begun and will supposedly take weeks according to Wall Street Journal.
The underground network that stretches some 500km is used by the terror group as a hiding spot and to transport people and goods as well as store rocks and ammunition.
But it is also believed that hostages are being kept inside the booby-trapped tunnels.
The outlet reported last week that Israel was considering the tactic which IDF chief Herzi Halevi branded as “a good idea but I won’t comment on its specifics.”