Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Israel launches ground incursion in Gaza Strip [View all]bemildred
(90,061 posts)Israeli bulldozers demolished more than a dozen tunnels Saturday in the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian authorities reported intensified airstrikes and shelling as the death toll from Israel's ground offensive rose to at least 342 Palestinians. Diplomats struggled to revive a ceasefire.
Israeli soldiers uncovered 34 shafts leading into about a dozen underground tunnels, some as deep as 30 metres, that could be used to carry out attacks, the military said.
Still, Palestinian gunmen managed to infiltrate Israel from Gaza using another tunnel and killed two Israeli soldiers and injured several others, the military said. At least one Palestinian was killed in the clash. Hamas said 12 of its fighters participated in the attack.
It was the second time Palestinians had used their network of underground tunnels to penetrate Israel in the current round of fighting. Israel embarked on its ground offensive late Thursday in part to seek and destroy the tunnels.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-demolishes-gaza-tunnels-hamas-militants-slip-through-1.2712036?cmp=rss