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| IDF Resumes Anti Paleo-Egypt Subway Ops |
| 2003-12-23 |
| From Middle East Newsline Israel has resumed a large-scale operation to search and destroy Palestinian tunnels that smuggle weapons and insurgents from Egypt. The Paleos are not happy unless they are booming or burrowing. An Israeli infantry and armored force resumed the operation overnight Tuesday in the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah along the Egyptian border. The force, backed by helicopters, sought to find and destroy Palestinian tunnels that reach the Egyptian side of the divided Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Israeli and Palestinian sources said five Palestinians were killed and more than 25 were injured in a clash during the military operation. They said Palestinian insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and detonated mines to stop the Israeli force, which included about 30 tanks and armored personnel carriers. Palestinian sources said several Israeli vehicles were damaged. The Israeli operation was described by an Israeli military source as seeking to stop Palestinian insurgents from renewing tunnel operations in Rafah. The source said military intelligence had received information that insurgents were trying to refurbish tunnels destroyed in a previous Israeli operation in October. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #1 when you want to get rid of pests, rodents, what do you do? Fumigate? I'd pump the tunnels full of gas and let whoever finds it suffer the consequences, especially on the Egyptian end.... OK, possibly taboo because of the bad memories of poison gas for Israelis, but... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-12-23 5:00:42 PM |