Opposition Leaders Warn Against Repeating Intelligence Failures
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
Opposition leaders warn against intelligence failures, comparing them to the downfall of Blockbuster and Nokia. Hamas's Gaza tunnel network, estimated at 560-720 km, required moving 1.5-2 million cubic meters of soil. This massive logistical feat was accomplished over a decade despite Israeli intelligence monitoring.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Opposition leaders warn against repeating intelligence failures, citing Hamas's tunnels and corporate collapses.
- Hamas's Gaza tunnel network is estimated to be between 560 and 720 kilometers long.
- Moving the tunnel soil required transporting 1.5 to 2 million cubic meters of earth.
- The volume of soil moved is comparable to 60-75% of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
- Disposing of the excavated material was a complex logistical operation over more than a decade.
Opposition leaders are urging against repeating intelligence failures, drawing parallels between Hamas's tunnel network and the downfall of companies like Blockbuster and Nokia. The core issue, they argue, is not a lack of information but a failure to properly analyze it.
The article highlights the vast scale of Hamas's tunnel network in Gaza, estimated by Israeli security assessments published in The New York Times in January 2024 to be between 560 and 720 kilometers long. Excavating such a network required moving an immense volume of soil, estimated at 1.5 to 2 million cubic meters. This quantity is equivalent to 60% to 75% of the volume of the Great Pyramid of Giza, or approximately 150,000 heavy dump truck trips.
Disposing of this excavated material, which involved thousands of shafts and the gradual dispersal of soil over more than a decade in fields, beaches, and construction sites, represented a sophisticated logistical operation. This occurred despite Israel's extensive intelligence capabilities covering the relatively small Gaza Strip.