Israel has a plan to flood Hamas tunnels in Gaza using seawater pumps, per The Wall Street Journal.
Israel's military said the tunnel system is used to transport Hamas weapons and militants.
Hamas' tunnel system, known as the "metro," is believed to extend some 300 miles.
AdvertisementWim Zwijnenburg, who works for PAX, a Netherlands-based peace organization, told the Journal that flooding the tunnels could exacerbate that pollution.
He added that hazardous substances stored by Hamas in the tunnels could also seep into the ground.
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