UN panel ‘cannot determine’ why Hamas dug tunnels

After months of work, a UN commission of inquiry “cannot determine” what Hamas tunnels are intended for:

The commission cannot conclusively determine the intent of Palestinian armed groups with regard to the construction and use of these tunnels. However, the commission observes that during the period under examination, the tunnels were only used to conduct attacks directed at IDF positions in Israel in the vicinity of the Green Line, which are legitimate military targets. A resident of a kibbutz located 1.7 km from Gaza told the commission, “We hear that tunnels are mostly to harm soldiers but that doesn’t stop families from being afraid”. Another witness explained how he had not been allowed, even as an Israeli journalist following soldiers, to go into a tunnel as it was too dangerous, “because every tunnel has not one exit in and out, they have multiple hatches for Hamas to be able to surprise soldiers.”