China’s Purported Involvement in Hamas Tunnels Is Tip of Lethal Iceberg

During a media tour organized by the Israeli military on Dec. 15, 2023, army spokesman Daniel Hagari shows the entrance of a tunnel that Hamas reportedly used to attack Israel through the Erez border crossing on Oct. 7, 2023. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

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According to Reuters (Dec. 31, 2023), “Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007, said two years before the current conflict erupted that it had installed a network of more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) of tunnels—roughly equivalent to half the length of the New York subway system.”