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Poland has claimed that Russia is orchestrating a Hamas-style tunnel operation in Belarus to send illegal migrants into Europe and destabilise the West.<\/p>\n
According to Polish authorities, Belarusian dictator\u00a0Alexander Lukashenko has brought in tunnel builders from the Middle East with \u201ca high level of expertise\u201d to construct pathways underneath their shared border to allegedly facilitate illegal immigration.<\/p>\n \u201cOfficers of the Podlaskie Border Guard Unit have uncovered a total of four tunnels under the border with Belarus, all in 2025,\u201d Polish Border Force Lt Col Katarzyna Zdanowicz told<\/a> The Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cPhysical and electronic security measures at the border, such as thermal imaging cameras and detection systems, allow us to immediately respond to any attempted violations of the state border, even underground ones,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Moscow has long been accused of using illegals as pawns in efforts to undermine Europe through its puppet state of Belarus into bordering nations such as Poland and Lithuania, both of which have erected border walls and fences to prevent such \u201chybrid warfare\u201d.<\/p>\n In an apparent attempt to undermine such defences, Warsaw claims that Minsk has hired tunnel-building specialists from the Middle East, potentially from groups such as Hamas, ISIS, or Kurdish or Iranian-backed militants.<\/p>\n Poland said that it discovered a 1.5-metre-tall tunnel near\u00a0the eastern village of\u00a0Narewka in December, which they claim was used by around 180 illegals, predominantly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, to attempt to break into the country.<\/p>\n The Polish border police said that the tunnel stretched 50 metres into Belarus and 10 metres into Polish territory.<\/p>\n