Warning the Israeli regime of another humiliating defeat in a ground offensive on Gaza, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces said the resistance forces have built over 400 kilometers of underground tunnels in northern Gaza.
Addressing a conference on civil defense, held in Tehran on Monday, Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said one of the factors behind the sustainability of resistance in Palestine is the attention paid to the issue of civil defense.
“In the northern section of Gaza, what the (Palestinian) fighters report is that they have built more than 400 kilometers of tunnels. Vehicles and motorcycles can pass through some of them,” the top commander said.
The general noted that the tunnels have an entrance in the Gaza Strip, while their other end is behind the barriers and the Zionist forces.
General Baqeri added that the Israeli regime has lost both in the battlefield and in the world’s public opinion. “If they (Zionists) want to act logically, they have to accept a ceasefire sooner and buy some time through negotiations.”
He noted that the Israeli army is procrastinating a ground invasion of Gaza because they are mindful that such an operation will mark another defeat for the Zionists.
“The Palestinian combatants are prepared for an Israeli ground attack,” he stated.
