Netanyahu raises doubts with operation against Hezbollah tunnels - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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An Israeli commando from the engineering corps Yahalom ("Diamond") unit takes part in a tunnel-hunting drill in Sirkin special forces base, near Tel Aviv March 7, 2012. Israel, fearing a surge in tunnel and bunker construction by Hezbollah and Palestinian militants in neighbouring Lebanon and Gaza, is training crack troops to hunt below ground with the help of robot probes and sniffer dogs. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) - GM1E83802EC01 — An Israeli commando from Yahalom, an engineering unit, takes part in a tunnel-hunting drill near Tel Aviv, March 7, 2012.

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