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| Recently deceased Hamas members |
According to the news article, “Hamas operative said Killed in fresh Gaza tunnel collapse” by Raoul Wootliff., there was another man killed in a tunnel collapse under the Egypt-Gaza border. The man that was killed was a part of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades and is now the 11th person to be killed from a tunnel collapse. These tunnels are said to be used for Palestinian military members to smuggle weapons to and from the Gaza border in preparation for future war conflicts against Israel. From the article, there had been many tunnel collapses recently and the deaths have been reported to be members of the Islamic terror group known as Hamas. The tunnels pose a threat and have been starting to be handled effectively by the Israel Defense Force led by Chief of staff Gadi Eisenko. The main objective for the Israeli government is to halt the Hamas terror group from further smuggling. This has been done by implementing a higher security on the borders to seek and destroy the Hamas terrorist group. One of the ways that is proving to be most effective is flooding the tunnels, which is weakening them causing them to collapse. The Egyptian government has been on high watch with the secret tunneling activities and have called for immediate action to stop further use of these tunnels for smuggling.
The article is stating that the people who have been killed in these tunnel collapses are merely just working in the tunnels doing repairs. Wootliff describes that all of these members are a part of the Hamas terror group. The Hamas is a Palestinian Islamic organization that also has a military wing attached called the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. These tunnels are in need of repair because of the Egyptian government’s recent and constant flooding of the tunnels to prevent the Hamas from continuing to import weapons. Contradictory though, from further research, the terror group Hamas seems to be in good relation with the Egyptian government, which is not how Wootliff described them at all. A news post by the Hareetz website gives some evidence that supports the relationship between the two, “According to Egyptian officials, Hamas plays an essential role in the north Sinai insurgency. It has allegedly provided training, weapons and a safe haven to the Egyptian jihadi group” (Gold) When reading the news article from timesofisrael, Wootliff mentions many times that all of the recent tunnel flooding’s were “requested” by Jerusalem or Israel. As stated from Wootliff’s article, “Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz confirmed Saturday that the Egyptian military had flooded several smuggling tunnels beneath the Strip’s southern border at
From reading this article, many of the facts and statements provided by Wootliff are not entirely in favor of the Hamas group, in addition to not stating the full story from the Egyptian government’s point of view. Wootliff contradicts many other news articles, that the Egyptian government does not see the Hamas as a terrorist organization at all and has different opinions about how to handle the terrorist group as compared to Israel's. Wootliff is on the side of the Israeli government without giving full attention to what the Egyptian government has to say about the tunnel situation. From Wootliff’s article, the tunnel flooding were executed by the Egyptian government at the commands from Israel and Jerusalem while leaving out the true relations between the Hamas and Egypt.
