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Nanjeanne

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31. Can't speak to "them" but I'm concerned more about the hostages in the tunnels. As are the hostage families.

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Israel Begins Pumping Seawater Into Hamas's Gaza Tunnels - Per Wall Street Journal [View all] Nanjeanne Dec 2023 OP

No military expert here, but that sounds like one of the stupidest plans I've ever heard Walleye Dec 2023 #1

The slow rising water will drive Hamas out of the tunnels 4139 Dec 2023 #3

Maybe they've done it successfully before, but it sounds like messing with mother nature to me Walleye Dec 2023 #9

Tunnels also are also messing with mother nature. LeftInTX Dec 2023 #14

Oh, good god!!! Lunabell Dec 2023 #2

The whole thing has been an ongoing MOMFUDSKI Dec 2023 #4

Better than huge bombs. Those tunnels aren't civilian shelters. They belong to Hamas LeftInTX Dec 2023 #5

By "innocent women and children" I assume you mean the Israeli hostages DavidDvorkin Dec 2023 #7

Because innocent women and children, on both sides Lunabell Dec 2023 #60

Hamas has declared that the tunnels are for their men, not for Gaza civilians DavidDvorkin Dec 2023 #66

Ok, so you believe them. Lunabell Dec 2023 #67

You think that Hamas lied and has let Gaza civilians into their tunnels? DavidDvorkin Dec 2023 #68

And they've been known to be so truthful. Lunabell Dec 2023 #69

But you actually think they would lie in that manner? DavidDvorkin Dec 2023 #70

Israelis have sent robots in the tunnels LeftInTX Dec 2023 #71

Israel is already bombing Gaza to bits and Hamas is still sending rockets into Israel numerous times a day. LeftInTX Dec 2023 #72

Once again : waiting for an alternative strategy. brooklynite Dec 2023 #10

Bombing Gaza to bits? LeftInTX Dec 2023 #11

Why would the dead bodies of innocent civilians, and not militants, be floating out of Hamas military structures? Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #32

They might decide to fuck with Israel... Omnipresent Dec 2023 #55

They may have already killed all the hostages Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #58

Does it really matter what hamas says? Omnipresent Dec 2023 #62

I wonder Rebl2 Dec 2023 #38

Sure, because Israel right? Guessing you didn't flinch or cry "war crime" when Maru Kitteh Dec 2023 #44

The singular outrage at Israeli actions Arazi Dec 2023 #59

I hope there aren't any living hostages imprisoned in those tunnels... 0rganism Dec 2023 #6

There likely is. LeftInTX Dec 2023 #8

According the the hostages released and hostage families - there are. Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #15

Good. Behind the Aegis Dec 2023 #12

Good plan Calculating Dec 2023 #13

Well, they've already done that, pretty much n/t markpkessinger Dec 2023 #45

Good news. The tunnels must be destroyed. tritsofme Dec 2023 #16

Salt water WILL get in the aquifer causing long term devastation. Ignoring the fact they could be hlthe2b Dec 2023 #17

Either the future of Gaza or apparently the hostages. That's why the hostage families have been Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #18

Because that's not how you deal with terrorists NoRethugFriends Dec 2023 #28

I understand their desperation and devastation TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #47

Egypt flooded the tunnels with seawater in 2015 LeftInTX Dec 2023 #19

Sounds extremely limited compared to the more than 800 tunnels reportedly there now. hlthe2b Dec 2023 #20

All those claudette Dec 2023 #23

So they do not continue to be used and to drown TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #25

The tunnels are the key military asset of Hamas. CincyDem Dec 2023 #65

Egypt has done it numerous times LeftInTX Dec 2023 #27

Stop trying to incite. I was polite with you and accused you of nothing. I expect the same in return. hlthe2b Dec 2023 #42

Israel is bombing the hell of out them and displacing everyone. Disease is rampant. Hospitals are closed. LeftInTX Dec 2023 #57

I didn't realize there were hostages being kept in Egypt in 2015. Who knew? Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #24

lets make gaza even more reliant on Israel for drinking water dembotoz Dec 2023 #21

I think Netanyahu's plan is to make Gaza uninhabitable. Lonestarblue Dec 2023 #53

Will it? Hardly seems like enough water could be pumped to affect an aquifer mathematic Dec 2023 #63

Read! I am not the only person versed in environmental risks to say this. hlthe2b Dec 2023 #64

Wondering if claudette Dec 2023 #22

Much better than sending in infantry with flamethrowers and grenades Mysterian Dec 2023 #26

The water in Gaza already has a large salt content. Flooding the tunnels will make what is left Lonestarblue Dec 2023 #29

A lot of replies Mountainguy Dec 2023 #30

Can't speak to "them" but I'm concerned more about the hostages in the tunnels. As are the hostage families. Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #31

The hostages, if they are alive Mountainguy Dec 2023 #33

The lives of the hostages are in the hands of Hamas, no matter where or in what condition they are. Beastly Boy Dec 2023 #34

Well the hostage families believe differently which is why they and many others are demonstrating Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #35

I don't see one reply that says that, or close to that obamanut2012 Dec 2023 #37

Look through the thread Mountainguy Dec 2023 #46

No. They are NOT and YOU know that. hlthe2b Dec 2023 #49

Ah, so its israels fault Mountainguy Dec 2023 #50

I say nothing Pres. Biden & administration AND the families of the abducted Israelis are not saying.... hlthe2b Dec 2023 #51

Biden said Mountainguy Dec 2023 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author claudette Dec 2023 #54

Okay, so you have no proof like I thought obamanut2012 Dec 2023 #56

I guess that no one thought that sections of tunnels are separated by water tight doors? WarGamer Dec 2023 #36

Hard to know. In interviews with hostage families that were released they say some of their loved ones Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #39

I wouldn't be surprised if hostages are still in tunnels... WarGamer Dec 2023 #40

If they have moved out, they're much easier to catch LeftInTX Dec 2023 #41

No not really. WarGamer Dec 2023 #43

Limits the field and much of the ability to move at least. TheKentuckian Dec 2023 #48

6 inches to 1 foot of water will likely render the tunnels unusable. Turbineguy Dec 2023 #61