Here's a possibility: forward this or a reworked version to your Federal representatives of choice, maybe it'll get to someone that decides. I don't see any good outcome if IDF soldiers go underground. Flooding tunnels to force out occupants and destroy hardware can work because the ocean is very close. Supplying Gaza hospitals with electricity from their southern grid seems doable and isn't easily hijacked for other uses. So far the IDF seems to be locked into a Fallujah style urban battle with extensive "tunnel rat" overtones. This is unnecessary in 2023.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Gaza conflict isn't a football game, it's warfare. Change the rules to benefit the Israelis, not the OpFor.
There is ZERO reason to enter the tunnels of Gaza. There's an ocean a mile away. Set up pipe & pumps, flood the tunnels. It's not that hard. There are NO technical hurdles, just pumps and piping. When the tunnels are full of salt water the Hamas electronics, hardware & ammo are instant junk. The rats will come to the surface. There's no valid reason to serve up IDF soldiers as targets to Hamas.
Navy ships routinely provide shore power. A barge with generators or an old Navy ship can supply some hospital power without sending Hamas liquid fuel. It's just some jacketed cable to a nearby substation and some switching. Again, not "Rocket Surgery", just standing practice.
This is all just normal power gen tech & practice, moving bulk water & power.
Egypt already provides 30 MW to Gaza, it's on the "unbombed" end.
Israel provides 120 MW to Gaza, the Israelis likely didn't bomb their own power distribution.
Hospitals use maybe 5 MW each. The existing electrical distribution system can be switched to drop non-essential loads. Supply the hospitals only.
Distributing fuel generates infrared hot spots, this makes it easier for any Hamas generators to blend in. Many US based underground drug grow operations are discovered when the commercial supply is interrupted and their diesel generation gets fired up. Supplying ONLY electricity stops that.
Please forward this to the appropriate "deciders". There is ZERO reason to send IDF soldiers underground. As explained before, flooding the tunnels neutralizes this problem. Providing electrical power ONLY to to hospitals is within the existing grid capacity and isn't prone to extracurricular uses.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx