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Israelis fear next Gaza war is not far off

November 24, 2016 23:17
Members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade at the funeral of a man killed in an Israeli strike on the Strip last week

ByAnshel Pfeffer, Anshel Pfeffer

1 min read

● Hamas tunnelling back at pre-2014 levels
● Terror group rebuilding missile stocks
● Iran increases funding for Gaza militants

After a relatively calm year around the Gaza Strip, Israel is concerned that an escalation down south is approaching once again.

In recent weeks, Israeli intelligence has updated its assessments of the progress made by Hamas in rebuilding the tunnels destroyed by Israel during the 2014 Gaza conflict.

The IDF now thinks that the terror group's tunnelling infrastructure is at least as extensive as the network that existed before the war.