Before Israel even entered Gaza there were estimates that there might be 250 to 300 miles of tunnels beneath the strip of land that is only 25 miles long. That seemed pretty extraordinary but it turns out it may have been an underestimate. The NY Times published an update today on Israel’s efforts to find and destroy the tunnel network which suggests the actual length of tunnels could be closer to 450 miles.
Israeli officials and soldiers who have since been in the tunnels — as well as current and former American officials with experience in the region — say the scope, depth and quality of the tunnels built by Hamas have astonished them. Even some of the machinery that Hamas used to build the tunnels, observed in captured videos, has surprised the Israeli military…
In December, the network was assessed to be an estimated 250 miles. Senior Israeli defense officials, who…
