Tunnels were among Hamas's most effective tools during the 2014 war with Israel, with militants using them to enter the Jewish state, carry out attacks and at times even return to Gaza through the underground passages (pictured, Hamas tunnels identified by the IDF in 2014)
* Israel Defence Forces have long been trying to destroy the tunnels in the Gaza Strip that appeared after 2007
* Apparently tricked Hamas into sending fighters into the tunnels then bombed them, killing many militants
* Network was used by Hamas in 2014 Israel-Gaza war to enter the Jewish state, ambush soldiers, and return
* First tunnels were built into Egypt to bypass the Israeli blockade of Gaza, had pivoted towards Israel by 2014
* The passages, which Hamas claims are for defence, now branch dozens of kilometres through the Gaza Strip
* Israel completed a 41-mile underground border wall with motion sensors to detect tunnel digging in March
Israel claims to have obliterated much of Hamas's network of tunnels in the Gaza Strip in a massive bombardment overnight Thursday.
Helicopters, jets, gun boats and artillery pounded northern and eastern parts of Gaza with more than 1,000 bombs and shells as part of a 'complex' operation to destroy Hamas tunnels underneath Gaza City.
In an apparent trick, the IDF said shortly after midnight that ground forces were 'attacking in Gaza', but a spokesman later retracted that statement, saying no Israeli troops had crossed the border.
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WNU Editor: Unlike the 2014 war where Hamas used their tunnel networks to great effect. It looks like Israel has a good idea on where these tunnels are in this war.
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