Israel launches Gaza tunnel raid (BBC)

Last Updated: Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 02:24 GMT

Israel launches Gaza tunnel raid

Israeli aircraft have launched a bombing raid on a tunnel in the Gaza Strip,
the country's military has said.

An army spokesman said the tunnel, on the border with Israel, was being used
to carry out an attack. No casualties were reported.

The move comes the day after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three Israelis
in the resort of Eilat.

That attack has endangered a truce that has been kept with the Palestinians
since 26 November.

Last update - 04:31 30/01/2007
PM: We will maintain Gaza cease-fire despite Eilat bombing
By Aluf Benn, Amos Harel and Revital Levy-Stein, Haaretz Correspondent

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to maintain the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, and will
not respond to Monday's suicide bombing in Eilat with a broad military offensive, aides
said Monday night. The attack in the southern resort town claimed the lives of three
Israelis.

The Israel Air Force early Tuesday attacked a tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip that the
army said was designed to transport Palestinian militants into Israel to carry out an
imminent attack.

Security officials said secondary explosions were seen after the air strike, indicating
that were explosives in the tunnel.

The attack on the tunnel, near the Karni crossing, was authorized by the political echelon,
the army said.

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