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«Israel» Unveils Plans for 40-Mile Underground Wall around Gaza

«Israel» Unveils Plans for 40-Mile Underground Wall around Gaza
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"Israel" unveiled its plans for a vast underground wall around Gaza on Thursday, which military officials said would once and for all stop Hamas burrowing operation tunnels into "Israeli" territory.

«Israel» Unveils Plans for 40-Mile Underground Wall around Gaza

The £500 million subterranean concrete barrier will run for 40 miles along the entire "Israeli"-Gaza border and is the first underground border wall of its kind in the world.

It is intended to prevent Hamas and other resistance groups from using tunnels to launch surprise operations into the south of the "Israeli" entity.

The "Israeli" Occupation Forces (IOF) have destroyed three tunnels which infiltrated into the entity from Gaza in the last three months. A senior IOF official said he was confident that once the barrier was complete, tunnels would no longer pose a threat. "That will be it," he said.

The barrier is expected to be completed within two years, officials said, and less than three miles have been finished so far. Underground sensors will help to detect any future tunnels while a 9-meter tall fence will prevent crossings over ground.

"Israeli" officials refused to say how deep the wall would go but it is believed to be up to 100 meters below ground in some places.

The construction is taking place just a few dozen meters from the Gaza border and well within range of sniper fire from Hamas observations posts inside Gaza.

The military has built five concrete factories along the border dedicated entirely to producing concrete for the enormous barrier.

The "Israeli" teams are working six days a week, extending the underground wall by around 10 meters a day, and pause only for rest on Saturday.

"Israel" has been haunted by the threat of underground tunnels since June 2006, when Palestinian fighters sprung out of tunnel near the Egyptian border, killing two soldiers and capturing another.

They held the captured soldier, Gilad Shalit, for five years before releasing him in return for more than 1,000 Palestinians imprisoned in the "Israeli" entity. During the 2014 Gaza war, a Hamas squad used a tunnel to carry out an ambush and killed five Israeli troops.

The subterranean wall is being built using similar construction techniques to those used for the foundations of skyscrapers or large underground car parks. "Israeli" teams are digging into the earth and dropping down vast metal grates around which they pour concrete.

The wall will only be one-meter thick but officials said they were confident that the barrier would be enough to keep out future tunnels.

While the wall might neutralize the threat from tunnels, officials said they expected Hamas to continue investing in drones and heavier rockets to keep up their offensive capabilities.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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