Fighting in the Gaza tunnels / Collage 24 Channel The IDF ground operation is already in its third phase. From clearing Israeli territory from Hamas militants, they switched to remote missile strikes. Fighting also began in the tunnels. Clearing militants from tunnels is a very complex operation that requires careful preparation. The editor-in-chief of the portal “Details” (Israel), Emil Shleimovich, told Channel 24 about this, naming what factors complicate the work of the Israeli army. Now the tunnels are being cleared of Hamas militants near the Gaza Strip. The special forces are doing this. Fighting in tunnels is a complex operation because it is a large underground city, it is bugged and tracked. It is partly located under the hospital, partly in other places. There is enough fuel there to ensure the functioning of all these systems,” noted Emil Shleimovich. Due to the location of the tunnels, there is a threat to the lives of prisoners, many of whom are kept underground. In particular, on October 30, one captured serviceman was fought out. “When intelligence knows that there is a tunnel or a certain section that is used exclusively for terrorist attacks, it can be overthrown. The militants can be buried inside, you can strike so that the militants themselves come out and then destroy them,” the editor noted. However, in most cases it is almost impossible to resort to such actions. After all, this can be done if there is no civilian infrastructure nearby or the majority of civilians have been fired from there. That is why the fighting in the tunnels continues. Not only special forces take part in them, but also engineering services. Emil Shleimovich about the battles in the Gaza tunnels: watch the video Israel yesterday, October 31, introduced large tank formations into Gaza. There were fierce battles throughout the day in northern Gaza. In addition, the army occupied key intersections in the city. “First of all, the anti-tank formations were being destroyed. They are well armed in Hamas. I know that Hezbollah is armed with Russian Kornet ATGMs. These are the same familiar cumulative shells,” Shleimovich noted. This is an artillery shell, when exploded, with the help of a special recess in the lining material, a thin cumulative jet is formed in the explosive. When meeting an obstacle, the jet creates a lot of pressure, penetrating and penetrating the armor. That is, these shells, unlike armor-piercing shells, penetrate armor not due to the action of kinetic energy, but through the effective use of the energy of a shaped charge explosive. The cumulative projectile is designed for firing at armored targets (tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, etc.), as well as reinforced concrete fortifications. Israeli tanks are protected by two types of protection. One of them is active protection – a plate filled with explosives. During an explosion, the stream of molten metal in a cumulative projectile can be dispersed and turned away. To counter this, they created double projectiles: the first warhead takes away the explosion of the plate, and the second is a cumulative projectile. However, even this is reflected by the Israeli Windbreaker active protection system. How do battles take place in tunnels?
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