Posted on 01/14/2018 5:13:46 AM PST by Eleutheria5
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday said it had destroyed a border-crossing Hamas attack tunnel, the third in recent months, that penetrated hundreds of meters into both Israeli and Egyptian territory from the Gaza Strip, in an airstrike on Saturday night.
“We completed the destruction of a third terror tunnel,” spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told reporters early Sunday morning, denying claims made by Hamas that it was a smuggling tunnel.
The tunnel, which was constructed differently from most tunnels in Gaza, began in the city of Rafah and crossed into Israel under the Kerem Shalom Crossing, through which hundreds of trucks ordinarily cross into the coastal enclave each day, he said.
“We understand this tunnel belongs to Hamas,” Conricus added, saying the military believed the terror group saw it as a “significant asset.”
That assessment came from the fact that the tunnel ran underneath the Gaza crossing, which was kept closed on Sunday, as well as below the gas and diesel pipelines into the Strip and a nearby IDF post, he said.
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I wonder if there were any terrorists in the tunnel at the time?
There is a short video on the Times site that shows tunnel and the area of the strike as well as other features.
BRAVO ISRAEL!
If Hamas would work as hard at feeding their people as they do at killing Israelis, maybe would find out there’s more to life than hate and destruction.
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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And still there are those that insist a wall on our Southern border won’t be able stop illegal immigrants.
We need the Wall... and we need judges who respect our rights to control our own borders.
Israel has the right to control their borders.
Hopefully they waited until it was occupied...
“Hopefully they waited until it was occupied...”
What’s a cake without icing.
I especially like the idea of hitting the tunnels from the Palestinian end. You seal off that end and leave the terrorists with the choice of running into the hands of Allah, or running into the arms of The Jew.
Thanks Eleutheria5. But that darned Israeli blockade prevents the delivery of humanitarian supplies, like concrete, re-rod, high explosives...
The beasts.
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