| Israeli troops bulldozed a factory and used their tanks to fire on houses in Gaza City after finding a bomb and anti-tank missiles close to a Jewish settlement near the town. In Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers pushed one kilometre into Palestinian territory and destroyed a security post, the same sources said. The operations came after the army said it had discovered an explosive device weighing some 100 kilograms on a road leading to the Jewish settlement of Netzarim just south of Gaza City. A spokesman said the bomb, which was destroyed in a controlled explosion, was linked to a detonator in a nearby house. He said the army had demolished the house and adjacent buildings, which he said were used by Palestinian extremists. Four anti-tank missiles were also found in the same area, the army said. |