Over the past two decades, Hamas has built a massive underground tunnel network beneath Gaza spanning 350-450 miles long. This map displays only a fraction of that.
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Hamas' Tunnels of Terror
Over the past two decades, Hamas has built a massive underground tunnel network beneath Gaza spanning 350-450 miles long. This map displays only a fraction of that.
Tunnels Length
Mapped: 37.8 mi | Simulated: 362.2 mi
Tunnel totals source
Over 5,700 entrance shafts embedded in homes, schools, mosques, and hospitals. Refer to the legend to understand how civilian infrastructure was weaponized.
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The Tunnel Network
For over two decades, Hamas has built an extensive tunnel system beneath Gaza. These tunnels hide weapons, move terrorists, hold Israeli hostages, and smuggle goods from Egypt. Estimated at 350 to 450 mi long with 5,700 entry points, they're woven into civilian areasschools, mosques, hospitals, and homesand turn Gaza's 2 million residents into human shields.
Hamas' Investment: Terror Over Welfare
Hamas has spent $1 billion over 15 years on these tunnels, with each costing $3 million and needing 350 truckloads of supplies. This enormous investment of money and supplies into tunnel-building deprives the civilian population of Gaza of much-needed aid and places their lives directly in danger.
About the Map
For the first time ever, this interactive map allows journalists, academics, and curious observers of the Middle East to examine the scope of Hamas' vast tunnel network and to fully understand the degree to which it is embedded within Gaza's civilian infrastructure.This represents a fundamental shift in the narrative that blames Israel for the destruction of Gaza. Hamas has prioritized tunnels over infrastructure and terrorists over civilians. This map gives you the irrefutable, visual evidence to prove it.Based on open source intelligence, this map currently showcases only those tunnels whose whereabouts are publicly available. As more information becomes available, this map will be updated.Though only a fraction of Hamas' network of terror tunnels is currently plotted, this map allows you to simulate what the full network actually looks like.
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Distance Units: Imperial (miles)
Credits
From HonestReporting in partnership with the creators ofoct7map.com, Liran Sharir and Adi Maya.
With special thanks to Geo-analystBen Tzion Macalesand HonestReporting Board MemberSalo Aizenberg.
Many of the locations on this map have been verified usinggeoconfirmed.org/israel, a community-based geolocating platform.