by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Correspondent
(Worthy News) – Israel’s military has started the process of flooding Hamas’ tunnel network in Gaza with seawater to destroy the massive underground infrastructure the terrorist organization uses to wage war against Israel, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
Although Israel’s military has not officially commented on the tunnel flooding operation, U.S. officials familiar with the situation, as the WSJ reported, have indicated that the operation is in its initial stages. Flooding the extensive underground network, which spans about 300 miles and includes reinforced blast doors, is expected to take several weeks.
According to U.S. officials who spoke with the WSJ, Israel recently added two additional pumps to the five installed last month.
Israeli officials have highlighted the critical role of Hamas’s underground tunnel network in their military operations. Hamas utilizes this labyrinth of tunnels for several strategic purposes: it facilitates the movement of fighters across the battlefield, serves as a storage location for rockets and munitions, and functions as a command and control center for their leaders.
Israeli authorities are exercising caution in the process of flooding the tunnels, mindful of the possibility that hostages might be held within these underground structures.
Certain officials within the Biden administration have expressed concerns about the effectiveness of using seawater in this operation and the potential risks it poses to Gaza’s freshwater supply.
In 2015, when Egypt employed a similar technique to flood tunnels used by smugglers under the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, it led to complaints from local farmers who reported damage to their crops.
Worthy News began covering Israel’s efforts to flood Hamas’ tunnel network in late November.
Copyright 1999-2026 Worthy News. This article was originally published on Worthy News and was reproduced with permission.
Latest News from Worthy News
Nuclear material has been discovered in Syria and placed under International Atomic Energy Agency oversight, reviving attention on a clandestine nuclear program that Israel destroyed nearly two decades ago.
A prominent house church pastor and six other Christians have disappeared after being detained by police in Wenzhou, a major Christian center in eastern China often called the “Jerusalem of China.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. special envoy Jared Kushner have reached an understanding that Hamas must be fully disarmed and the Gaza Strip demilitarized before reconstruction begins or Israeli forces withdraw, marking a significant narrowing of differences between Jerusalem and the Trump administration over the future of Gaza.
Humanoid robots capable of navigating rugged terrain, detecting people and conducting around-the-clock surveillance could eventually join U.S. Border Patrol operations along the southern border, as an American robotics company moves closer to potential national-security deployments.
Israel carried out an unusual airstrike deep inside northwestern Syria early Tuesday, targeting the strategic Abu al-Duhur military airfield shortly after a Turkish military delegation reportedly visited the base to assess its rehabilitation, according to Israeli and Syrian reports. The operation prompted a rare public rebuke from a senior U.S. envoy.
Newly declassified FBI records released by the White House detail what officials describe as a years-long Chinese intelligence effort to penetrate American political circles through sexual relationships, campaign donations, and strategically placed interns.
President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is considering a significant overhaul of its Gaza disarmament framework after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a plan that would have linked Hamas weapons handovers to phased Israeli troop withdrawals, according to an exclusive report by The Times of Israel.