israeli troops we started to do flood with sea water the tunnels Gaza, labyrinthine network of underground passages built Hamasand other Palestinian armed groups seek to counter occupations of the region such as the ones they are currently facing. The maneuver is still in its early stages, but appears to be Israel’s main strategy to destroy Israel, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing US Government sources. hundreds of kilometers of tunnels that serve Islamist militias to store weapons, hide command centers, or operate safely from Israel’s intrusive surveillance apparatus. Like everything in this war, the cost could be very high. besieged civilian population of the residential area. A lot environmental experts They warn that filling the tunnels with salt water will destroy the battered people Gaza groundwater and will have will have serious consequences on the ecosystem for generations.
Some videos are circulating on networks for the first time maneuvers to flood tunnelsespecially through five pumping systems According to the American newspaper, it carries water from the Gaza coast into the Strip. These pipelines have injection capacity. thousands of cubic meters per hour, but it would still require weeks of flooding to cover the large burrows. Some people in Israel were alarmed because hostages are still in their hands Hamas is hiding in the tunnels. A leaked conversation between relatives and the prime minister last week Benjamin NetanyahuThe former was heard complaining loudly that the flood could also bury their loved ones.
The USA, which continues to protect Israel at the UN despite the increasing discomfort with the White House’s rhetoric, does not seem to have expressed this very clearly either. Either because he doubted it would be effective, or because of the consequences it might have on the world. fresh water reserves On the strip and his punishment Agricultural sector. When Egypt flooded several tunnels on its border in 2015, on a much smaller scale than Israel had thought, farmers reported serious problems. harms crops.
Finally an aquifer
Filling the Strip’s subsoil with seawater could be checkmate for the land that Israel has turned into a desert. uninhabitable wasteland. Even before this last war began, 97 percent of water is Gaza’s only underground source According to the World Health Organization, it was unfit for human consumption. An extreme situation explained by its high rates pollution from agricultural chemicals and wastewater. Among other things, because 17 years of blockade Israel has vetoed the entry to the border of most of the materials needed to repair water mains and sewers, which have been repeatedly destroyed in five wars of the last three decades.
So there isn’t much left to destroy. “Negative effect ground-water “This situation could last for several generations, depending on how much (salt) water seeps into the ground,” the Israeli professor warned. Eilon Adar from the Ben Gurion University Water Research Institute. Adar called for caution despite the disaster we experienced on October 7, when Hamas killed 1,200 people in an unprecedented attack on southern Israel. “In the long term and we have to think about the future, it would be politically and morally wrong to have a thirsty neighbor,” he added in an interview with ‘The Times of Israel’.
100 years for depopulation and renewal
Director Palestine Hydrological Group. “Israel needs it” 40 days for tunnels to be flooded with sea water,” Abdel-Rahman al-Tamimi said. “This will cause salt accumulation and subsidence of the land, resulting in the destruction of thousands of Palestinian homes.” According to Al Tamimi, if Israel goes ahead with its plans, “the Gaza Strip will become a depopulated place and 100 years to improve the environment “From the damage of this war.”
The Jewish State has given few details about its plans in this regard, as everything related to its strategy to destroy the tunnels remains secret. secret information