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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Report: Tunnels Found in Northern Israel are ‘Old, Deserted’
2018-12-09
Attempt at damage control.
[AnNahar] The "Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
" tunnels reportedly discovered by the Israeli army on the Blue Line last week are "old and deserted" tunnels that Israel is "exploiting for political ends," al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.
Then y’all don’t have problem with them being tracked down and destroyed? Good.
"The tunnels that Israel and the UNIFIL are talking about are old and deserted, more than half of which have collapsed a long time ago," a security source told the daily on condition of anonymity.

"The Israeli enemy has already announced long time ago that they discovered these tunnels but did not make a fuss about it because it is old and tattered. However,
the hip bone's connected to the leg bone...
Israel is using these tunnels today for political gains no secret to anyone," added the source

"The Lebanese authorities are insisting on non existence of any new usable tunnels. They are waiting for the UNIFIL’s official report to build on the matter," he said.

On Thursday, the UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Stefano Del Col, along with a technical team, confirmed during a site inspection the existence of a tunnel near Metulla in northern Israel close to the Blue Line.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  "These are not the tunnels you are looking for" /waves shovel hypnotically
Posted by: SteveS   2018-12-09 18:29  

#4  So can we take this dismissal as a promise that Hezballah has come to the everlasting conclusion that tunnels and attacking Israel are no longer the way to go?
Posted by: gorb   2018-12-09 17:44  

#3  These tunnels could be contaminated with anthrax or similar and then the conquering lions of the burning desert sands can be blamed.

Just a thought.
Posted by: Roger Smith   2018-12-09 16:39  

#2  recycle as sewage storage
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2018-12-09 10:39  

#1  "They're not even ours. They're...umm...somebody else's"
Posted by: Frank G   2018-12-09 09:15  

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