[Ynet News] Ron Ben-Yishai - Hamas is setting up a new military infrastructure for a serious confrontation with Israel. It is digging combat tunnels, improving rocket performance and quantity, and collecting weapons, mainly antitank and antiaircraft missiles through smuggling. The tunnels will allow mobility underground to the expected points of battle with IDF forces entering Gaza. The fighters will be able to surface quickly, launch missiles or rockets, and disappear, only to surprise IDF forces at another spot. The tunnels are also meant to hold explosive devices that would be detonated when IDF forces try to enter Gaza. Tunnels could also be used to infiltrate Israeli territory.
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