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Israeli Warning on Hamas Tunnels Means Months of Destruction

Israel’s military said its mission to destroy an estimated 500 kilometers (311 miles) of Hamas tunnels across the Gaza Strip will take months, causing a scale of urban destruction that may prove impossible to reverse.

The devastating outcome of a drawn-out campaign against the militant group — with air strikes and ground battles continuing alongside the tunnel attacks — is likely to leave many of about 2.2 million Palestinians homeless and a question mark over where they can be re-housed.

In Beit Hanoun, a town of more than 50,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip, a 41 kilometer-long Mediterranean enclave run by Hamas, the Israeli military has set about blowing up almost 100 shafts and several dozen tunnels, said Lieutenant Colonel Amit, who is overseeing their destruction and withheld his surname in line with army rules.