The American newspaper "Wall Street Journal" quoted Israeli military analysts as saying that the network of deep tunnels of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) hinders Israel's control over the territory of the Gaza Strip.

Military commentator Ron Ben Yishai revealed to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that there was a gap in intelligence information in the occupation army regarding the spending file and its size.

He said, "On the other hand, in the Khan Yunis area and in the so-called 'middle camps' located north of the city, outlets and tunnel nozzles are available almost everywhere for Hamas forces to launch from. The Israeli army was surprised when it discovered that the set of tunnels and tunnel nozzles belonging to Hamas is 100% larger." 500% to 600% of his estimates.”

The military commentator continued: “If the army previously believed that there were 500 kilometers of tunnels and about 1,000 craters throughout the entire territory of the Gaza Strip, now it is known that there are thousands of kilometers of tunnels and thousands of tunnel craters. These are unimaginable numbers.”