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   Hippy Steve (exador23@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:36:33 JST Hippy Steve

   The IDF has begun the 'Salting of the Earth' phase of their war on Gaza and its peoples according to the WSJ citing US Officials.

   This is a crime against not just Palestinians but against the planet & humanity as a whole, including future generations.

   The Israeli military has begun pumping seawater into Hamas' tunnel complex in Gaza, the WSJ reported citing unnamed U.S. officials. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-begins-pumping-seawater-into-hamas-tunnels-gaza-wsj-2023-12-12/

   Some Biden administration officials have said the process could help destroy the tunnels, where Israel believes the militant group is hiding hostages, fighters & munitions. Other officials have expressed concerns the seawater would endanger Gaza's fresh water supply.

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     Hippy Steve (exador23@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:36:33 JST Hippy Steve

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     I was able to get a paywall busted version of the WSJ report. archive .is doesn't always work on them. https://archive.is/n2JCW

     A spokesperson for the Israeli defense minister declined to comment, saying the tunnel operations are classified.

     Flooding the tunnels began around the time Israel added two more pumps to the five pumps installed last month & conducted some initial tests.

     Some Biden administration officials have been concerned that using seawater might not be effective & could endanger Gaza’s freshwater supply. Egypt in 2015 used seawater to flood tunnels operated by smugglers under the Rafah border crossing, prompting complaints from nearby farmers about damaged crops.

     tinydoctor repeated this.
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     Hippy Steve (exador23@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:37:01 JST Hippy Steve

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     Israel has long held that many if not all of the hostages are being held in those tunnels. Families of the hostages have previously expressed concern about the plan to flood the tunnels.

     And with good reason. A brutal but strategically sound response by Hamas would be to abandon the tunnels and leave the hostages there to be found by the IDF later. It would be the political end of Likud.

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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 08:45:32 JST simsa03

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     The problem with flooding the tunnels is not just the threat to freshwater wells but the undercutting and destabilisation of the underground with even more risks to the statics of the buildings above. But well, that's what the Gaza-ISIS played with all along when building the tunnel system in the first place.
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     simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 08:55:52 JST simsa03

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     The sound but tragic response of the Israeli government would have been to leave the hostages to their fate right from the start. Now, regardless how this ends, the next generation of Gaza-ISIS terrorists will abduct more civilians and use them as bargaining chip.