As to the projected flooding of the Hamas tunnel system in Ghaza with nerve gas, in order to rescue the missing 220 hostages, Egyptian media expressed their disbelief.
While a high-ranking Hamas official is being quoted as saying that "the occupation [power] is promoting this news to create panic and fear", an Egyptian military expert, Major General Samir Faraj, is expressing his doubts more detailed. [Egypt Today on Oct. 27/28]
علق عضو المكتب السياسي لحركة حماس الفلسطينية، حسام بدران، على التقارير التي تتحدث عن استخدام إسرائيل غاز الأعصاب في الأنفاق لإجبار مقاتلي حماس على الخروج منها
A member of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Hossam Badran, commented on reports that Israel used nerve gas in tunnels to force Hamas fighters to leave them.
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وأوضح أن حماس جاهزة من الناحية العسكرية لكثير من الاحتمالات، موضحًا أن الاحتلال يروج لهذه الأخبار تهدف إلى إثارة الذعر والخوف بين صفوف المقاتلين والشعب الفلسطيني
وتابع عضو المكتب السياسي لحركة حماس: «شعبنا، حتى الطفل الصغير لم يعد يخشى هذا الاحتلال ولا تهديداته ولا نيرانه، نحن أصحاب الحق، وسنمضي في هذا الطريق إلى النهاية»
He explained that Hamas is militarily prepared for many possibilities, explaining that the occupation is promoting this news aiming to create panic and fear among the ranks of the fighters and the Palestinian people.
The member of the Hamas political bureau continued: “Our people, even the little child, no longer fear this occupation, its threats, or its fire. We are the owners of the right, and we will continue on this path until the end.”
[Egypt Today مصريا اليوم, Oct. 27]
Major General Samir Faraj, a strategic thinker, ruled out the use of nerve gas by the Israeli occupation forces in their war with Hamas.
Faraj said during a phone call to the “On My Responsibility” program, via “Sada El Balad” satellite channel, this Saturday evening, that the occupation forces cannot use nerve gas against the Hamas movement in the Gaza tunnels in order to protect the prisoners.
He pointed out that the most powerful weapon possessed by the Palestinian resistance is the tunnel weapon, in addition to its possession of a large number of prisoners.
He explained that the occupation forces use seismic bombs in their war on the Gaza Strip to demolish tunnels, noting that these bombs were used in World War II and were developed to demolish the nuclear reactors that Iran is building underground.
Faraj added that the occupation forces were unable to advance, for fear of heavy losses, stressing that Israel failed in its operation yesterday in Gaza, and is in a difficult situation and does not know how to move its affairs.
[Egypt Today مصريا اليوم, Oct. 28]
Israeli plan to flood Hamas tunnels with a nerve agent. [Al-Mashhad المشهد Oct. 28]
The video link is no longer available on the republished Arabic
site of Al-Mashhad, but it can still be accessed on YouTube.
For the liberation of hostages, being hidden in 'Ghaza Metro', the legendary underground system of Hamas tunnels comprising some 500 km, Israel plans to flood these tunnels with a nerve agent intended to 'immobilize' Hamas fighters for some hours. The operation should be under supervision of US Delta Forces. This is what Al-Jazeera and Middle East Eye MEE have already reported. In the video of Al-Mashhad the gassing of Hamas fighters is being compared with the nerve gas attack on 'Tokyo Metro' using Sarin in 1995.
The republished news page of Al-Mashhad on Friday Oct. 27 came with a confirmation of such plans while already omitting the video link:
أكدت وسائل إعلام بريطانية أن مصادر قريبة من البنتاجون كشفت أن الولايات المتحدة والجيش الإسرائيلي سيستخدمان غاز الأعصاب لإغراق الأنفاق تحت غزة
وبحسب موقع «ميدل إيست آي» البريطاني، فإن هذا هو السبب الرئيسي لتأخير العملية البرية للجيش الإسرائيلي في غزة، والتي تنتظر تسليم الغاز المحظور عالميًا، ووصول الطواقم الأمريكية التي ستتولى التعامل معه
وكان الهدف هو إحداث تأثير المفاجأة، ما يسمح بإطلاق سراح الرهائن وقتل أكبر عدد ممكن من مقاتلي حماس
British media confirmed that sources close to the Pentagon revealed that the United States and the Israeli army will use nerve gas to flood tunnels under Ghaza.
According to the British Middle East Eye website, this is the main reason for the delay in the Israeli army’s ground operation in Ghaza, which is awaiting the delivery of globally banned gas and the arrival of the American crews that will handle it.
The goal was to create an effect of surprise, allowing the hostages to be released and the largest possible number of Hamas fighters killed.
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