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IAF bombs tunnel linking southern Gaza to Israel
By Haaretz Service and Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Gaza, IDF, Hamas

The Israeli Air Force successfully targeted overnight Thursday a tunnel linking the southern Gaza Strip with Israel.

The IDF Spokesperson's Office said the tunnel was bombed in response to a cross-border attack Thursday in which Palestinian militants fired mortar shells from Gaza into Israeli territory.

Palestinian militants had intended to use the tunnel, which was dug from underneath a building located 1.5 kilometers away from the security fence, to infiltrate into Israeli territory in order to carry out an attack against Israeli citizens or IDF soldiers, the IDF said.
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Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired five mortar shells into the western Negev Thursday, further testing a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

No one was wounded in the cross-border attacks, which came two days after Hamas accused Israel of killing two of its gunmen in northern Gaza. Israel denied any involvement in the incident.

On Thursday morning, Palestinian militants fired two mortar shells and two at Israel Defense Forces soldiers operating in northern Gaza, two more into Israel, Army Radio reported.


Gunmen later fired at Israeli workmen carrying out engineering work near the Hamas-ruled strip, damaging some of their equipment. IDF troops returned fire.

In the evening, Gaza militants fired another three mortar rounds into Israel.

There have been sporadic Palestinian short-range rocket attacks on Israel since the end of its December-January offensive against Hamas, often carried out by non-Hamas factions. Israel has generally responded with air strikes against infrastructure, causing few casualties.


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