Who are the sponsors of Hamas, which has the most modern military equipment in the Middle East? Where is the source of the organization's power, and how did the supply of weapons come about? These are now under discussion. Various analyzes have revealed that Hamas has procured all advanced rocket-missiles along with weapons through mysterious tunnel network and sea route.
Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel's smart air defense system, one of the world's strongest in terms of military capabilities. Since then, how Hamas evaded Israel's intelligence agency Mossad and air defense system Iron Dome, where did it get so many weapons, and who are the sponsors are now being discussed.
The Gaza Strip is bordered by Israel on one side, Egypt on the other, and the Mediterranean Sea on the other. Since the Abdel Fattah al-Sisi government came to power, Egypt has always kept the border under strict surveillance; The Israeli forces are also keeping a close watch on the sea route. As a result, it is impossible for any other party to come and go.
After the Palestinian independence movement Hamas took control of Gaza in 2006, Israel tightened its surveillance of the area to prevent weapons from reaching Hamas from the outside. But even that impenetrable guard succumbed to Hamas.
According to various analyzes of the international media including BBC, Reuters, arms smugglers leave weapons on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. They were then opportunistically supplied to Hamas. In addition, arms smugglers deliver weapons to Hamas through underground tunnels. Weapons come into Gaza mainly through tunnels using Egypt's border with Gaza.
According to Hamas leader Yahya Sinbar, their underground tunnel network in Gaza City is 500 kilometers long. Israel has only managed to destroy a small part of it.
After taking control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas has built this long network of tunnels over the past decade and a half. These tunnels extend beyond the city to the Israeli border. It is believed that Hamas has carried out the worst attack ever on Israeli soil by using this network.
According to NDTV's information, the Israeli forces have named the tunnel network of Hamas under the ground of Gaza City as "Gaza Metro". As shown in various previously released videos, the tunnels are not a typical crawl space but quite wide. In addition to adequate lighting, there are secret places to hide ammunition and weapons.
Daphne Richmond Barak, a faculty member at Richmond University, told the BBC about the mysterious tunnels of Hamas.
According to him, Hamas leaders stay inside these tunnels and conduct and lead various operations from there.
Israel will not be able to carry out a ground attack on Gaza
Israeli forces have launched a ground operation in Gaza after a week of continuous airstrikes. Many fear that new conflict and violence will start through this. However, security analysts say that the Israeli forces will not succeed so easily against Hamas in the ground operation launched in Gaza.
International security analyst Youssef Albarda told Al-Jazeera that Hamas could easily be countered by a ground attack - such confidence on the part of Israeli forces could pose a danger to themselves.
"Israel will try to wipe out Hamas and remove Palestinian civilians," he said. But the reality is not so simple.
According to him, Hamas has more than 100 Israeli prisoners and will now be able to capture more Israeli soldiers because of the ground war.
Israeli forces ordered the evacuation of residents from Gaza before launching the attack.
However, Yusuf Alabarda said, "Evacuating 1.1 million Palestinians amid fuel and electricity crisis is easy to talk about, but difficult to do."
In addition, he said that many ordinary Palestinians may join Hamas in the ground war.
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