Hamas has stockpiled vital fuel, medicines and food while ordinary Gazans are running short on essentials, reports say.

According to both Arab and Western officials, Hamas has been stockpiling supplies for years, which they have stored in tunnels they prepared for the possibility of a protracted war.

The terrorist group spent two decades building the labyrinthine network of underground tunnels, which make a central part of its defences.

The tunnel network is said to have entrances hidden beneath schools, mosques and houses and are estimated to be 300 miles long with lighting, electricity and rail tracks for transport.