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Permalink Reply by Frances Farmer on October 13, 2013 at 2:47am

Now its coming up:

From YNet- Cleared for publication: IDF forces uncovered a tunnel laden with explosives in the Gaza vicinity area on Thursday. It is estimated it was meant to serve terrorists in an attack on an Israeli kindergarten.

 

The tunnel, 2.5 kilometers long, connects the Absan village situated between Khan Younis and the Gaza border fence, and Israel's Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha. Over the weekend, troops held extensive checks along the tunnel to dismantle the explosives and locate the many holes that had been dug in it.

 From Haaretz:

The Israel Defense Forces has discovered a tunnel running across the border with the Gaza Strip which security forces believe Palestinian militants were planning to use to enter Israel and attack soldiers or civilians.

IDF soldiers discovered the entrance to the tunnel on Israeli territory just over a week ago, and spent several days destroying it. Media was only allowed to report on the discovery on Sunday.

The tunnel was wide and could easily have been used to abduct Israeli soldiers, as Palestinian militants did with Gilad Shalit in June 2006, military officials said.

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Permalink Reply by Frances Farmer on October 13, 2013 at 11:29am

Its a nice tunnel, as tunnels go. Short video from inside: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24512761

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