The Gaza Strip has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt for 16 years, creating tunnels to smuggle people, essentials and weapons.

A maze of tunnels, known as the Gaza Metro, is used by Hamas to store weapons, move secretly and potentially hold hostages.

“I really think of the Gaza Strip as one layer for the civilians and then another layer for Hamas. And what we're doing now is that we are trying to get to that second layer that Hamas has built,” Lt.-Col. Jonathan Conricus from the Israel Defense Forces said.

Global’s Redmond Shannon examines the implications of the expected ground invasion.

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