Israel military begins pumping seawater into Hamas tunnels, report says

Environmental experts caution pumping seawater into underground tunnels could result in long-lasting consequences for groundwater in Gaza Strip

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Literally salting the earth. If they are ever going to allow Palestinians to return to their land, then they're going to make sure it's barren first.

The "good guys."
- What should they do instead?
  
  What should they do besides literal genocide? Gee, I dunno, fucking anything?
Also, it's really not a very effective tactic. See ant beds & humanity's 3000+ years of tunnel engineering knowledge for more information.

Nitrogen would probably be more effective.
- I suspect it's easier to acquire large amounts of sea water than pure nitrogen, and sea water will presumably drive them out rather than just killing them. You're right, if they have air traps where the tunnels go up and down it will limit the effectiveness of this approach, I wonder if they do.

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