Tuesday, 02 August 2011
The raid comes after days of rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel and four straight days of Israeli retaliation. ( Photo By AFP)
Israeli warplanes raided the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, witnesses and the Israeli military said.
The air raid targeted a tunnel dug under the border between the south of the Strip and Egypt, near Rafah, the Palestinian witnesses said.
The Israeli army confirmed the target saying “aircraft attacked a tunnel used by smugglers.”
The air raid targeted a tunnel dug under the border between the south of the Strip and Egypt, near Rafah, the Palestinian witnesses said.
The Israeli army confirmed the target saying “aircraft attacked a tunnel used by smugglers.”
There were no casualties reported in the raid.
Two explosions also shook Gaza City. The source of the blasts was not immediately clear.
A woman was slightly wounded when a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip crashed into southern Israel late on Monday, an army spokeswoman said earlier.
Two explosions also shook Gaza City. The source of the blasts was not immediately clear.
A woman was slightly wounded when a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip crashed into southern Israel late on Monday, an army spokeswoman said earlier.
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