söndag 14 januari 2018

Israel förstörde attacktunnel från Gaza

Israel har förstört tre attacktunnlar från Gaza de senaste månaderna. IDF meddelade i dag  att en tredje tunnel förstörts (bombats).
Tunneln började i Gaza gick under gränsövergången Kerem Shalom och vidare in i i både Israel och Egypten.
För Hamas som försöker förbättra sin relation till Egypten blir det kanske svårt att förklara varför man bygger en attacktunnel mellan Gaza och Egypten.

IDF says it destroyed a Hamas attack tunnel in southern Gaza

Latest tunnel strike puts Hamas leaders in a tough spot with Cairo (The Times of Israel)
The tunnel passed directly under the triple border between Gaza, Egypt and Israel, where the Kerem Shalom border crossing operates. It probably also reached places where it could have been used for attacks on Israeli soil and for entry into Egypt.

This isn’t the first and won’t be the last time Hamas is making use of the crossing’s space. The fact that it is the main windpipe for Gaza’s economy doesn’t seem to have had an impact on the group’s military decision-making.

Time after time, we’ve learned how much the suffering of Gaza’s residents could have been mitigated, and how much could have been invested in improving their well-being, if funds were not used for tunnels and rockets. But Hamas, as usual, doesn’t care. At the same time, the terror group is making huge efforts to shift the blame for the humanitarian situation in Gaza onto Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

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