(New York Times) Adam Goldman - Israeli officials and soldiers say the scope, depth and quality of the tunnels built by Hamas beneath Gaza have astonished them. Senior Israeli defense officials currently estimate the network is between 350 and 450 miles long, with 5,700 separate shafts leading down to the tunnels. The tunnels are the core of Hamas' ability to survive. One soldier said he oversaw the destruction of 50 tunnels in Beit Hanoun. All of them were booby-trapped, he said. A senior Israeli official said that whenever the Israeli military finds a school, a hospital or a mosque, soldiers know they can expect to locate an underground tunnel system beneath them.
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