A dramatic and troubling revelation was tucked into the Prime Minister’s speech this week.
For months it was said that the IDF had destroyed almost all the tunnels in Gaza; later, during the ceasefire, the figure suddenly dropped to 60 percent. Then Netanyahu came and announced: there are 500 kilometers of tunnels in the Strip; we have eliminated 150 of them. Seventy percent still exist.
The tunnels are Hamas’s version of Israel’s Dimona reactor. When speaking of strategic weapons, this is the weapon. But, if the vast majority survived even after intense fighting, can the rest even be destroyed?
Add to that what soldiers in the field are saying. One claims Hamas has resumed digging, this time with shovels and children paid 20 shekels a day. There is no shortage of shovels, children, or money in the Strip.
