The IDF revealed on Friday, what it described as intelligence showing a Hamas command center located under a the Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. In a briefing, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari told members of the foreign press corps that there are areas in the hospitals that are used by Hamas to direct its military operations.

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    1 year ago

    It depends on what they are actually doing with the cement.

    Most of the tunnels in the news seem to be using regular building materials which is likely stripped from older homes or never makes it to new homes

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      1 year ago

      You just reduced the required amount of shells to maybe just the whole of the middle east and even that is questionable. Hamas has access to enough beach to fix some cracks and maybe even piece together one wall out of very large pieces of a building that fit together very well over 20 years but not much else. The amount of seashells you need for a decent amount of cement is colossal, for anything serious you need a limestone mine.

      Not to mention the facilities to produce the cement that would give off massive amounts of heat and smoke.