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The 'SPONGE bomb' Israel are hoping to
use to disable Hamas tunnels: New gadget
expands and hardens, filling underground passageways

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Posted By: Imright, 10/27/2023 5:43:16 PM

Israeli troops could be planning to disable Hamas tunnels and trap the terrorists underground using innovative 'sponge bombs'. How to deal with concealed fighters hiding in the myriad of tunnels under Gaza will be one the main concerns for the Israel Defence Force (IDF) when they begin their long-promised ground offensive into the besieged city. And according to some reports, a secret new weapon dubbed the 'sponge bomb' could see deployment for the first time.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 10/27/2023 6:12:31 PM (No. 1587083)
Gasoline pumped in, then ignited would be good.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Schnapps 10/27/2023 6:34:04 PM (No. 1587094)
FTA American troops used guns shooting ultra-sticky foam as a non-lethal way to disable rioters ... although results are said to have been mixed. I imagine the Sponge Bomb effect on terrorists will also be mixed - like a raisin cake.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: former lurker 10/27/2023 7:39:15 PM (No. 1587122)
I have two ideas, one is fracking the tunnels with a slurry of sand and sea water. The other is using robots with cameras to crawl all over the area a send back real time pictures. Whatever they use I pray it works and protects the brave Israeli soldiers.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: MA Radical 10/27/2023 8:21:19 PM (No. 1587142)
With so many tunnels, it would be interesting to see how many are"sponge worthy".
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Bur Oak 10/27/2023 8:39:23 PM (No. 1587152)
Just divert the sewage into the tunnels.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 10/27/2023 10:47:02 PM (No. 1587206)
Filling the tunnels with cement would suffice.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: padiva 10/27/2023 11:08:09 PM (No. 1587212)
The tunnels will be a great burial place. 'Sponge' every opening.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Muguy 10/27/2023 11:42:35 PM (No. 1587228)
In the early Spring in Sweetwater, Texas that hold a "Rattlesnake Roundup" where they pump gasoline into the snake holes to drive the snakes out to the surface where they are caught and taken to give up their venom and skins. Why not 'smoke out' the would be 'snakes' before filling the tunnels with the expanding foam??
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Hard Nard 10/27/2023 11:47:11 PM (No. 1587231)
Fill the tunnels with nuclear waste then sponge the openings closed.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: padiva 10/27/2023 11:52:37 PM (No. 1587234)
#8 The 'sponge' foam in the tunnels will sort the terrorists from the non-combatants. The terrorists will slowly die in the tunnels.......and be fossils (like the dinosaurs in several hundred years).
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Rumblehog 10/28/2023 2:38:46 AM (No. 1587278)
Great Stuff for Large Gaps! /s
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Reply 12 - Posted by: mifla 10/28/2023 4:20:56 AM (No. 1587303)
#10, does that mean Israel will finally have oil on their land?
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Strike3 10/28/2023 4:50:31 AM (No. 1587320)
Gaza has plenty of sea water around it. Get the pumps going and the water will find its way in all by itself.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: cor-vet 10/28/2023 9:25:43 AM (No. 1587422)
Seal the exits/entrances and just let the exhaust fumes from a few hundred Humvees fill the tunnels for a couple of days.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: danu 10/28/2023 4:52:34 PM (No. 1587633)
plumbers buy their own version of this handy dandy goo at the local hardware shop
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