Subscribe to Print Edition | Wed., April 09, 2008 Nisan 4, 5768 | | Israel Time: 10:41 (EST+7) web haaretz.com   Back to Homepage Rosner's Domain Diplomacy Defense Jewish World Opinion National Print Edition Advertising Books Arts & Leisure Business Real Estate Easy Start Travel Week's End Anglo File

The opening to a tunnel dug by militants in northern Gaza, uncovered by IDF troops before dawn on Tuesday. (IDF Spokesperson) Last update - 20:49 08/04/2008 Tunnel meant for terrorist infiltration found in N. Gaza By Yuval Azoulay and Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents Tags: smuggling, IDF, terror  Israel Defense Forces troops operating overnight Tuesday outside the northern Gaza Strip town of Jebaliya uncovered an opening to a tunnel into Israel. The opening was discovered during a Givati infantry raid some 700 meters inside the border fence. The tunnel was in its preliminary stages, and military sources believe that it was dug to serve as a pathway for suicide bombers into Israel. A similar tunnel was used by Gaza terror groups to enter Israel and kidnap IDF corporal Gilad Shalit near kibbutz Kerem Shalom in June 2006. Two armed militants were killed in an exchange of fire that erupted during the raid. The militants were apparently equipped with an RPG rocket launcher and Kalashnikov rifles. The IDF force sustained no casualties. Advertisement The IDF said that the raid, which concluded Tuesday afternoon, was a routine defense operation aimed at foiling terror infrastructure in the area. Earlier Tuesday, two Qassam rockets slammed into the Western Negev Regional Council. The rockets caused no casualties or damage. Related articles: Smuggler buried alive when tunnel collapses near Egypt-Gaza border Egypt police: Gazans caught in tunnel members of Army of Islam U.S. weighs plan to help Egypt block arms smuggling to Gaza Bookmark to del.icio.us   Falk's folly Israel will refuse entry to the UN's Richard Falk for equating Israel to Nazi Germany. Peace when? After 30 years, the public has adopted Peace Now's views, but peace is still elusive.   1.   tunnels 21:19  |  Yaacob 08/04/08   2.   they need those 22:21  |  Esteban 08/04/08   3.   estaban sweetie, the food and medicine comes via Israel 22:34  |  x-ray 08/04/08   4.   to Esteban #2 22:41  |  Jake 08/04/08   5.   Tunnels 23:20  |  Edifice 08/04/08   6.   #3, x-ray... 23:34  |  Silvienne 08/04/08   7.   Silvienne 23:44  |  Edifice 08/04/08   8.   Silvienne, connect the dots... 23:51  |  Oddvark 08/04/08   9.   Where do we get off..... 23:52  |  leo 08/04/08   10.   Tunnels 00:00  |  Earl Mann 09/04/08   11.   Hungry? Hungry for blood 00:10  |  Rafterman 09/04/08   12.   #8, Oddvark.. 00:29  |  Silvienne 09/04/08   13.   #7, Edifice... 00:32  |  Silvienne 09/04/08   14.   Silvienne, don`t change the subject 00:58  |  Oddvark 09/04/08   15.   The tunnel went to Israel, not Egypt 01:23  |  Dirka-Dirka 09/04/08   16.   # 2 Esteban...OMG, sneaking into Israel? 04:16  |  Lynn 09/04/08   17.   SILVIENI POINT OF INFORMATION 04:36  |  TOBIA 09/04/08   18.   #14, Oddvark... 05:41  |  Silvienne 09/04/08   19.   #2, Quite right, Esteban... 05:42  |  Silvienne 09/04/08   20.   #17, Tobia... 05:45  |  Silvienne 09/04/08   21.   Silvienne, show me a proof that Gazans are starving 07:06  |  Dan 09/04/08   22.   What part of Stop your rockets and bombs don`t you understand? 07:07  |  Dan 09/04/08   23.   Focus, Silvienne 07:07  |  Oddvark 09/04/08   24.   Focus, Silvienne 07:07  |  Oddvark 09/04/08   25.   Instead of tunnels airlift them to Chile 07:18  |  PK 09/04/08

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