The NY Times Publishes a Hamas' Tunnels Primer and Readers Get It

Meanwhile poorly educated Antifa-generation people riot to support these murderous animals.

  HotAir

I would say many of the students shouting “Free Palestine” also don’t understand because they haven’t thought about this at all. If they had they would also see the problem with endorsing a Hamas-run future for Gaza. The tunnels themselves are proof Hamas can’t continue in this role.

"I’ve written a few times about the Hamas tunnel system under Gaza, aka the Gaza Metro, which the terror group relies on for safety, transportation, weapons storage, etc. Yesterday the NY Times published a story about the tunnels which I would describe as a primer on the subject. It really feels like a children’s book version of the story for people who know nothing about it.

"The Times has done some good reports about the tunnels in the past so this isn’t their first foray into the subject for the paper. Still, the artwork that goes with this makes it feel like its aimed at a different audience, maybe some of the young protesters who occupied the lobby of the NY Times building yesterday and demanded the paper be shut down. Here’s a taste of Hamas tunnels 101:

The Hamas militants who launched a bloody attack on Israel last month have built a maze of hidden tunnels some believe extend across most if not all of Gaza, the territory they control.

And they are not mere tunnels.

Snaking beneath dense residential areas, the passageways allow fighters to move around free from the eye of the enemy. There are also bunkers for stockpiling weapons, food and water, and even command centers and tunnels wide enough for vehicles, researchers believe.

Ordinary-looking doors and hatches serve as disguised access points, letting Hamas fighters dart out on missions and then slip back out of sight.

"At the end of the story we get a section about the need to destroy the tunnels and why Israel probably won’t be sending people into them:. . .