`Hamas establishing bunker system along Gaza fence`

Source: Jerusalem Post, 29-10-2007
Hamas is trying to establish a bunker system as well as fortified rocket-launching and surveillance positions along the security fence with the Gaza Strip, Brig.-Gen. Moshe (Chico) Tamir, head of the Gaza Division, said Monday.
Tamir said that Hamas was "building an army" in the Gaza Strip and had obtained unprecedented capabilities through smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt. On Monday, head of the Shin Bet ("Israel" Security Agency) Yuval Diskin said that since "Israel`s" withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, the Palestinians have smuggled over 112 tons of explosives into the Strip.
"They are trying to dig tunnels, build surveillance positions and mortar-fire stations along the fence," Tamir told reporters during a briefing concerning the death of IDF reservist Ehud Efrati during clashes with Hamas gunmen early Monday morning. "They are trying to build this up and we are trying to stop them."
Tamir said that Hamas was studying "Israeli" tactics during the "Israeli" Military`s daily operations along the fence and was trying to use this knowledge in its fighting methods.
"This is ongoing warfare and as such there is also a simultaneous brain war taking place," he said. "We are always studying what we do and modifying our tactics. They are trying to study us and to be wise with that knowledge."
Tamir said that for the "Israeli" Military`s current purposes there was no point in expanding the operations deeper into Gaza. He also said that while the "Israeli" Military was working to reduce the Kassam fire from Gaza there was no perfect solution.