(Daily Mail) Chilling footage has emerged showing the elaborate tunnel systems that Hamas terrorists have been using to move weapons, hostages and stage attacks on Israel.
The footage gives insight into the claustrophobic conditions the Palestinian Islamist fighters have been operating in.
It shows militants using metal rods and shovels to dig the tunnels. Many of them appear to be quite cramped and dark with footage showing the fighters slightly slouching as they move through the tunnels guided by headtorches.
Despite the confined conditions, most of the tunnels have concrete reinforcing.
The militants can be seen dressed in full military fatigues with some obscuring their faces with headscarves, balaclavas or wearing camouflage paint. They were heavily armed, carrying large machine guns, ammunition and rocket propelled weapons.
Hamas terrorists have been using to move weapons, hostages and stage attacks on Israel
The militants can be seen dressed in full military fatigues with some obscuring their faces with headscarves, balaclavas or wearing camouflage paint. They were heavily armed, carrying large machine guns, ammunition and rocket propelled weapons
Chilling footage has emerged showing the elaborate tunnel systems that Hamas terrorists have been using to move weapons, hostages and stage attacks on Israel
The armed terrorists can be seen emerging from trapdoors concealed by sand, shrubs or improvised barriers
The armed terrorists can be seen emerging from trapdoors concealed by sand, shrubs or improvised barriers. Others carrying missiles can be seen setting up in cinderblock laden defensive positions.
Other shots of the tunnels show more expansive and well-lit areas with what appears to be wiring for electricity and communications and Hamas flags and insignia decorating the walls.
They also show off an array of munitions with grenades, landmines and large rockets visible.
Their complex network of reinforced tunnels, some of which are buried up to 40ft underground and all of which could conceal an ambush, be booby-trapped or filled with explosives and primed to cave in.
This means Israel can bomb Gaza all it likes and launch bunker-busting munitions to clear out some tunnels – but the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) would still need to deploy hundreds of thousands of troops to neutralise every last Hamas fighter if it is to wipe the organisation out completely.
Other shots of the tunnels show more expansive and well-lit areas with what appears to be wiring for electricity and communications and Hamas flags and insignia decorating the walls
The terrorist’s can be seen with an array of munitions with grenades, landmines and large rockets visible
The footage gives insight into the claustrophobic conditions the Palestinian Islamist fighters have been operating in
