Based on Asian fighting techniques, perfected by the Koreans, Vietnamese, and Chinese and put to good use by the Arab fighters and Mexican drug organizations... I would bet you dollars to donuts the Hez is tunneled in under northern Israel right now. Israel controls the airspace, a weaker opponent necessarily goes underground. It was unsettling to me that the IDF was so caught off guard in the Gaza War summer '13. With such historic precedent and reams of information indicating the extent and complexity of Arab tunneling practices, particularly since the last Lebanon War, the Israelis should not have been shocked. The defensive techniques described in this story are fundamentally broken as they are stop-gap measures. The best defense, as famously promulgated by Israel in 1967, is a good offense. You guys should have CAP/sapper units all over Gaza and S. Lebanon living with the enemy, assassinating them onsite and taking down the tunnels at ingress, rather than the point of egress, which is what is happening now. Really unfortunate to see Israel in such a defensive posture. A few decades ago this country wrote the book on CT and preemptive action. Bring it back!

awesome, the more information the media is leaking into the world the better the enemies can adapt to the "IDF unveils new method for destroying terror tunnels" why the world and the enemies of israel must know every detail ? i m sure there are details not revealed but still. keep your mouth shut, so maybe you can surprise, instead of getting a bad surprise. time to wake up

Viet Nam. The Tunnel Rats. Issuance of any 40cal or greater caliber handgun is a smart move. (.45acp in standard ball load is effective, very available, cheap and reliable) May I also humbly suggest a mission oriented combat knife, a la KBar. Cost is minimal and the results proven to be generally positive. Allowing personally owned and purchased with minimum quality specs mandated is also a fine idea. Kol HaKovod.