The invasion and massacre on Israel on October 7 brutally demonstrated how Hamas has significantly tactically and strategically improved and strengthened its terror capabilities since it began to root itself in the Gaza Strip in the 2000s. The well-known "Hamas tunnels" played a central role in this development.
Prof. Joel Roskin, of Bar-Ilan University in Israel, has followed the "evolution" of the Gaza tunnels for years and analyzed the conditions that allowed their formation and expansion. Prof. Roskin specializes in sand and dune geomorphology; military geosciences, geoarchaeology, portable OSL. He can be contacted at joel.roskin@biu.ac.il
In 2020 Roskin, a geomorphologist and geologist from the Department of Geography and Environment at Bar-Ilan University, published a book chapter based on his study "Underground Warfare in the Gaza Strip and the Military Complexity of Combating It". An article on the same topic is currently in the final stages of acceptance by the academic journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. The article describes the field data and the geopolitical conditions that literally provided the fertile ground for the development of the tunnels. It is based on Prof. Roskin's experience as head of the terrain research department at the Southern Command in the 2000s, and on information publicized in the media. READ MORE