Tunnel Complexes, Underground Bases: The Changing Face of Modern Warfare

Published on March 25, 2024

On this episode of International Reporters Roundtable, our topic is tunnels. We take you underground into the world of subterranean warfare. Since Oct. 7, we’ve all become acutely aware of the tactical role of tunnels. Hamas terrorists operate in vast underground warrens snaking below the Gaza Strip. We’ve seen the videos: hidden entrances, deep, dark shafts, and stores of arms. And the murky accounts from traumatized hostages being dragged through “a spider web,” as one described it, of dank passageways. And Hamas, using civilians as cover, has been keeping hostages in buildings directly below critical civilian sites such as hospitals, schools, and mosques....