(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - A source in the IDF Southern Command said Tuesday: "Hamas is getting closer to finishing restoring its stock of mortar shells and short-range rockets. They don't yet have the amount of medium- and long-range rockets (that can reach Tel Aviv and Jerusalem) that it had." The source said Hamas has also started digging tunnels inside Gaza, but "Hamas is not re-digging the tunnels we destroyed - digging such cross-border tunnels could take years. Hamas is nowhere near the border fence." The official added that in a few weeks, a new system to detect tunnels and digging at the border with Gaza will become operational. This system will work alongside another new defensive system used against the tunnels. "We're on the verge of a breakthrough against the tunnels," he asserted. The Southern Command has completed its strategic plans in the case of another war against Hamas and believes the next confrontation should be shorter than the 50-day war of 2014.
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