Security officials confirmed in internal discussions that the IDF has destroyed only about a quarter of Hamas’s terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip, Channel 12 News reported on Wednesday morning.
According to the report, defense officials also estimate that there is a significant number of smuggling tunnels that cross from Egypt into the Gaza Strip. The presence of these tunnels lies behind Israel’s refusal to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor.
About a month and a half ago, Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said that Israel has no intention of withdrawing from the Philadelphi Corridor due to the threat of smuggling between Egypt and Gaza.
“The Philadelphi Corridor will remain a buffer zone just like in Lebanon and Syria,” Katz emphasized. “I’ve seen several tunnels penetrating the Philadelphi with my own eyes, some of which were closed – and some open.”
Last month, it was reported that the IDF’s engineering forces have uncovered about 90 tunnels of various types along the Philadelphi Corridor.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Had they not allowed any fuel into Gaza the tunnels would could not operate as they need ventilation to survive in the tunnels.
If they knew that only 25% were destroyed that would imply they know of all of them and if they did they would have dismantled them so this article is inherently pure rubbish. Any tunnel that they know of they already have taken steps to mitigate one would assume