The sponge bombs consist of chemical compounds based around a liquid emulsion that can be thrown into a tunnel where it swiftly expands and hardens.
The Israel Defense Force could deploy the new handheld devices to negotiate Hamas’ labyrinthine tunnel system –and trap any hidden fighters in themThe device would leave Hamas fighters with no escape and allow Israeli commandos to secure safe routes to travel while searching for hostages.
Hamas terrorist brags about killing Jews while talking to parents on victim’s phone: ‘Killed 10 with my own hands!’ The IDF has reportedly trained soldiers to use the sponge bombs at the Israeli military’s “mini Gaza,” a mock-up of the underground tunnel system constructed at the Urban Warfare Training Center in the Negev desert.An extensive labyrinth of tunnels built by Hamas stretches across the dense neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip, hiding militants, their missile arsenal, and the over 200 hostages they took during their Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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