The Israeli military has started pumping seawater into Hamas’ tunnels in Gaza, according to unnamed U.S. officials.
“With regard to the flooding of the tunnels. I’m not at lib-, well. There (are) assertions being made that there’s no hostages in any of these tunnels. But I don’t know that for a fact,” President Joe Biden said during a press conference.
An Israeli defense ministry spokesperson declined to comment on the situation.
From The Jerusalem Post:
The flooding process began after the IDF added two pumps to five pumps which had been installed for the purpose of flooding the tunnels last month, the US officials told the Journal. The first five large pumps had been assembled north of the al-Shati refugee camp during the last month, with each one capable of pumping thousands of cubic meters of seawater into the tunnels.
