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Lonestarblue

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53. I think Netanyahu's plan is to make Gaza uninhabitable.

Wed Dec 13, 2023, 02:07 PM

Dec 2023

He and his right-wing government have already declared that there will never be a two-state solution and that all Palestinians must leave their ancestral lands, either as corpses or as refugees. They really don’t care.

The ground water is already salty from overuse because too many people have been crammed into Gaza for years. But those millions of gallons of water will penetrate the ground water and make it u usable for anything, including growing any food, for decades. Deliberate destruction by Israel because as soon as the water starts rising the Hamas fighters will simply leave, and most likely leave then hostages behind to drown. Those tunnels are not dead ends because they are used to smuggle arms to Gaza.

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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