The IDF confirms today (Tuesday) for the first time that during the war, the IDF poured water in order to neutralize underground terrorist infrastructures in the Gaza Strip.
About two months ago, it was published in the "Wall Street Journal" that senior American officials claimed that Israel had set up a large system of pumps in order to flood the Hamas tunnels with water in order to destroy the underground system and force the terrorists out of them.
Now the publication is approved in Israel for the first time.
IDF soldiers install the water pumping infrastructure, photo: IDF spokesperson
A number of units in the IDF and the Ministry of Defense had beliefs about the development of the infrastructure whose purpose is to flow water at a high rate to Hamas' tunnels in the Gaza Strip. The activation of the capacity, which included the installation of pumps, pipes and means to locate the shafts, was preceded by extensive staff work, which included an analysis of the characteristics of the soil and the water system in the area, among other things To make sure that the possibility of using the groundwater in the area will not be compromised. The IDF clarifies that water is injected only in directions and locations that are found to be suitable for this, and the type and method of operation are selected in each case.
The water injection project is one of the tools of the IDF and the security system that have been developed in recent years to deal with Hamas infrastructure in "Lower Gaza". This basket of tools includes aerial attacks, underground maneuvers and special operations with technological means.
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