Gaza Strip's tunnels loom large for Israel's ground forces
Hamas is believed to hide weapons, fighters, and even command centers in miles of subterranean pathways and chambers.
Source: boston.com
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Hamas is believed to hide weapons, fighters, and even command centers in miles of subterranean pathways and chambers.
Hamas needs its maze of tunnels to fight. But more than two million people live above the underground network, a layer of human life between military targets and Israeli missiles.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel called the incursion “the second stage of the war.” He did not describe it as an invasion, and the maneuver appeared more limited than some experts had predicted.