Mike Brest is a defense reporter at the Washington Examiner. Prior to joining the defense beat, he spent two years covering breaking news for the Examiner, and he worked at the Daily Caller in a similar capacity before that. Mike graduated from American University and is originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia.
The Israeli Defense Forces is taking steps to prepare for a significant military incursion into the Gaza Strip, a campaign unlike one the world has seen for decades.
Israel's objective, the first it has declared in decades, is to"demolish" Hamas, the predominant terror group based in Gaza that provoked the current state of affairs with an attack on the Jewish state earlier this month. Many anticipated Israel's offensive into Gaza would begin last week following a 24-hour notice provided to the United Nations for an evacuation order.
One major hurdle to an Israeli ground incursion into Gaza is the presence of a web of tunnels, large enough for most people to comfortably walk through, underneath Gaza, where the terror groups are able to move around and smuggle goods and weapons freely. In 2021, Hamas claimed to have built more than 300 miles' worth of tunnels. Spielman referred to the maze of tunnels as a"metro."
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