The Gaza Envelope Forum, a group representing communities near the Gaza border, released a detailed critique Monday arguing that the military's claim of destroying 83% of tunnels on the yellow line is inaccurate. The forum says the figure is premature because many tunnels have not been located, monitoring systems are missing, and the project only covers 50% of the Strip.
The Gaza Envelope Forum published a detailed critique on Monday, July 6, challenging the Israel Defense Forces' claim that 83% of tunnels on the Gaza yellow line have been destroyed. The forum listed 11 points: drilling in the southern Gaza Division area is incomplete, so many tunnels remain undetected; in the northern Strip, a drilling project found many additional tunnels but a 'densification' project is unfinished; the densification machinery has been halted or moved south; drilling rigs were reduced from 45 to 15, all in the south; there is no monitoring system for each borehole, so new digging cannot be tracked; discovered tunnels are far from destroyed due to budget gaps; a concrete plant in the north only started this week and has not yet begun injecting concrete; the largest plant at Kerem Shalom, which sealed the 16 km 'Dror Lavan' tunnel, has not finished its role; the entire project is limited to the yellow line, which covers only 50% of the Strip; Hamas continues digging, and changes occur constantly; even if the detection and sealing project is completed, tunneling is a 'living' project that will continue to threaten. The Zioneer previously reported that Defense Minister Israel Katz and the IDF Chief of Staff confirmed the 83% figure on Thursday, July 2. The forum's critique does not claim the figure is false per se, but argues it is based on an incomplete picture and underestimates the remaining threat.
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