Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Reuters Given A Tour Of Hamas' Tunnel Complex

Palestinian fighters from the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stand inside an underground tunnel in Gaza August 18, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Mohammed Salem

Exclusive: Hamas Fighters Show Defiance In Gaza Tunnel Tour -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Hamas fighters, clad in black and armed with assault rifles, navigated the dimly lit tunnel with ease, saying they felt at home in their network of underground passages in the Gaza Strip.

A rare tour that Hamas granted to a Reuters reporter, photographer and cameraman appeared to be an attempt to dispute Israel's claim that it had demolished all of the Islamist group's border infiltration tunnels in the Gaza war.

"We are speaking to you today from inside one of those tunnels, which Israel said it had destroyed. Our men are still operating in those tunnels prepared for all options," said a masked fighter from Hamas's Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades.

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My Comment: So much for claims that this network has been destroyed.

Update: Photo gallery inside Hamas tunnels.

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