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| Israel confirms it attacked Gaza tunnel stretching into Israel, Egypt |
| 2018-01-14 |
| [Jpost] A strike by the Israeli Air Force on Saturday night destroyed a 180 meter long terror tunnel below the Gaza Strip, the IDF spokesperson confirmed on Sunday morning. Israel denied claims the tunnel was used for smuggling of goods, asserting it was intended by Hamas to bring terrorists and weapons from Egypt into the Gaza Strip for a possible future combined attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing from the Egyptian side. The target struck was a tunnel that passed below the Kerem Shalom crossing . The tunnel also passed beneath several strategic targets, such as a gas pipe. It was completely destroyed by the strike. On Saturday night the IDF announced it would be closing the Kerem Shalom crossing after an assessment of the current security situation, but did not provide further details. "The terrorist organization Hamas is responsible for everything happening in and out of the Gaza Strip," an IDF statement said. So the tunnel is gone but the pipe is OK? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 3dc, :-bd |
| Posted by: S. Tenille3210 2018-01-14 09:54 |
| #3 South Korea should purchase the technology and quickly use it along the whole DMZ. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-01-14 09:14 |
| #2 I had wondered why the Kerem Shalom crossing was suddenly closed. Repairs are going to be interesting — and time consuming, not to mention expensive — if the barrier needs to be extended to that point. That new tunnel-finding technology the Israelis invented must be a doozy. I imagine President Trump is interested... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-01-14 07:08 |
| #1 Hopefully the pipe filled the remainder of the tunnel with gas. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-01-14 06:23 |