重点 :CNN主播钻入哈玛斯地道 一窥恐怖攻击秘境
以色列军队IDF日前发现18条哈玛斯建造的地道；哈玛斯计划利用这些地道对以色列各地发动恐怖攻击。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN”战情室Situation Room”新闻主播布利哲Wolf Blitzer特地远赴以色列，在IDF的带领下，钻进哈玛斯建造的地道，一窥恐怖组织精心建造的攻击秘境。布利哲造访的这一条地道位于地底45英呎，总长约两英哩，通往加萨附近的基布兹农庄。
如果不是被以色列军队事先发现并拦截，这个住着寻常百姓的纯朴农庄，将因为哈玛斯成员入侵而死伤惨重。
在镜头下，布利哲弯腰爬进地道，他问带领的IDF军官为何确定建造地道的水泥来自以色列，军官说：地道现场的水泥袋是以色列的！布利哲在报导中说，哈玛斯花了极大的精力与时间在这些地道工事上。
根据统计，哈玛斯建造的18条地道总共用掉80万吨的水泥，而全球最高的杜拜塔，也不过用掉11万吨。这些水泥是以色列提供给加萨作为建造学校和医院等机构的建筑用料，而一条地道用掉的水泥,可供18间诊所使用。无辜的巴勒斯坦人民无福享用的水泥，最后都成了哈玛斯用来攻击以色列的地道建材。
Israelis take cover from a Palestinian rocket attack from Gaza during the funeral of Israeli soldier Meidan Maymon Biton, which was held at a cemetery in Netivot, Israel, on Tuesday, July 29. Three weeks into the Gaza conflict, fighting between Israel and Hamas is intensifying, the death toll is climbing and Israel has warned its citizens to be ready for a prolonged battle.
Smoke and fire from the explosion of an Israeli strike rise over Gaza City on July 22.加沙城7月22日的爆炸閃光。
A photograph tweeted by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Wednesday, July 23, shows major cities of Israel and Gaza. Gerst said in his tweet: "My saddest photo yet. From #ISS we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over #Gaza & #Israel."
週三，7月23日，由啾啾宇航員亞歷山大Gerst一張照片上，以色列和加沙地帶的主要城市。 Gerst在他的推文說：“我最悲傷的照片還從國際空間站 我們可以清楚地看到爆炸，火箭飛過加沙 & 以色列。”
CNN's Wolf Blitzer goes into a Hamas tunnel
By Tom Cohen, CNN July 29, 2014 -- Updated 2202 GMT (0602 HKT)
Source: CNN
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Tunnels unacceptable to Israel; a defense tacticto Palestinians
Built to beat the Gaza blockade, the tunnels nowget used to launch attacks
CNN's Wolf Blitzer describes the underground pathsof Hamas
Israel wants to destroy the tunnel network
(CNN) -- The opening was so small that CNN's WolfBlitzer -- no physical giant -- had to bend down to climb inside one of 30 orso Palestinian tunnels from Gaza to southern Israel.
"I guess the tunnel was built for relativelyshort people, because if you stand up you're going to hit your head,"Blitzer said of the almost two-mile concrete corridor about 45 feet undergroundwhere he reported from Monday.
His visit, accompanied by the Israeli military,revealed conditions in the network of tunnels below Gaza that are a key issuein the current violent spasm between Hamas militants in Gaza and Israel.
Originally built to avoid Israeli and Egyptiancheckpoints into Gaza, the tunnels have been vital supply lines forPalestinians in Gaza. Now the snaking underground routes increasingly get usedfor attacks in Israel.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launcheda ground assault on Gaza this month intended to destroy the tunnel network, andBlitzer went into one of them so see what it was like.
Cooler than the surface
So far down, the tunnel was surprisingly coolinside compared to the hot conditions on the surface, Blitzer noted.
Stooped over, he walked along the concrete-encasedpathway with wiring visible in some parts.
The concrete came from Israel, as did the electricpower Palestinians send down for lights in some parts, said Lt. Col. OshikAzouli, deputy commander of Israel's Southern Gaza Brigade.
It took two years or more, progressing a meter ortwo a day, to extend the tunnel into Israel, according to Azouli.
"It's pretty secure, this concrete,"Blitzer said. "They spent a lot of effort building this tunnel."
The tunnel ended near a kibbutz in Israel, Azoulisaid, adding its purpose was to attack people on the collective agriculturecommunity.
Used for attacks
Later Monday, the Palestinian representative to theUnited States told Blitzer the tunnels originated to get around the blockade ofGaza, but take on another role in conflict.
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"Factions in Gaza are utilizing them to targetthe Israeli military, especially at times of conflict," Maen RashidAreikat said, adding: "They want to be creative about how to respond toany attacks. and probably also take initiative."
A series of Hamas attacks via tunnels on Israelisoil escalated Israel's response in the current violence.
The method of attack, in which militants spring outunexpectedly from underground, has raised fears among Israelis living nearGaza.
"They are a strategic danger," Israeligovernment spokesman Mark Regev said of the tunnels later Monday, tellingBlitzer it was "unacceptable" to have Hamas attackers "just popout of the ground on our side of the frontier to murder and kidnap."
However, Palestinian parliament member MustafaBarghouti called the tunnels a defensive tactic against repeated Israeliinvasions in recent years.
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"These tunnels are nothing but a primitive wayof trying to defend themselves," he told Blitzer.
'Lower Gaza'
Israeli military officials refer to the tunnels as"Lower Gaza."
They aren't new. Hamas used one in 2006 to captureIsraeli soldier Gilad Shalit and take him into Gaza. He was held captive forfive years until a deal was struck for his release in exchange for more than1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
During its incursion into Gaza, Israel's militaryhas so far found scores of different access shafts leading to about 30 tunnels.It says it destroyed about half, but expects to find more.
Blitzer said Israel wants to remove the tunnelsfrom the equation before agreeing to a cease-fire with Hamas.
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