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IDF in Gaza uncovers eight smuggling tunnels and cache of weapons stored in them

Jul 18, 2014 10:08 am By Robert Spencer

GazaThe IDF said that “the aim of the operation is to protect Israeli lives and crush Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip.” But the Obama Administration has called upon Israel to restrict its operation to destroying the tunnels. So don’t be surprised if some State Department official or other to calls upon Israel to withdraw now — after all, they’ve destroyed eight tunnels, isn’t that enough? “Paratroopers uncover 8 smuggling tunnels in Gaza,” by Yoav Zitun, Ynet News, July 18, 2014:

IDF soldiers from the Paratrooper Brigade uncovered 8 shafts leading to smuggling tunnels during Friday morning skirmishes in the Gaza Strip. The find aligns with the government declaration that the IDF’s main targets in their ground incursion would be tunnels in use by Hamas.

The troops apparently uncovered the tunnels in coordination with intelligence efforts and found a cache of weapons being stored there.

Overnight, an IDF soldier was killed and five other soldiers sustained light to moderate wounds in separate incidents. Palestinian officials say that at least 24 Gazans have been killed since the ground operation began, including three children.

The operation forms the next stage of the 10-day-old Operation Protective Edge, aimed at destroying rocket fire on Israeli communities and Hamas’ system of underground tunnels.

The fallen soldier was identified as Eitan Barak, 20, from Herzliya. The IDF says he killed at around 3am in the northern part of the Strip. The army is investigating the possibility he was killed by friendly fire.

Another two soldiers sustained moderate wounds after being hit by shrapnel, and another by gunfire by Gazan fighters. They were taken to the Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva. A fifth soldier sustained moderate injuries as a result of an accident, he was also taken to the hospital but released shortly afterwards.

Gaza health officials say 27 Palestinians have been killed since the ground operation began late Thursday. According to reports from noon Friday, three children were killed in northern Gaza, and another three men near Rafah.

The IDF said it killed 17 terrorists in a number different exchanges of fire and arrested another 13 later Friday. It was not immediately clear if the militants or the children were among those reported killed by Gaza authorities.

“The ground offensive does not scare us and we pledge to drown the occupation army in Gaza mud,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement.

A senior IDF source told Ynet that “there were altercations overnight but we are progressing as planned. As of now, some 14 terrorists have been killed in targeted attacks on rocket launching cells.”

According to the IDF, since 8 pm Thursday until 6 am Friday morning, over 150 targets were hit, including some 21 rocket launchers and 50 terror targets….

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  1. John C. Barile says

    Jul 18, 2014 at 10:21 am

    Mr. Obama and his State Department flacks helped create this long-range missile terror–and now they should shut up and sit it out on the sidelines. What can Barry Obama do for Israel and her people, anyway–he certainly has done enough to them, now, hasn’t he?

    • miriam rove says

      Jul 18, 2014 at 10:30 am

      every chance Obama gets, he throws the Israeli under the bus….m

  2. Jovial Joe says

    Jul 18, 2014 at 1:26 pm

    We ought perhaps acknowledge, in a spirit of generosity, the contribution in this endeavour made, one assumes, by Gazan residents themselves in supplying the mentioned ‘intelligence’ used in tracking down and eliminating the rocket launching cells. Doubtless there are some among that community with sufficient moral sense to recognise the justness of Israel’s cause and the iniquitousness of Hamas. Brave souls they are too.

  3. Tut says

    Jul 19, 2014 at 2:30 am

    This wouldn’t happen IF US “allies” Qatar and Turkey weren’t arming, financing and supporting terrorist Hamas, let alone Iran

  4. Robert Wagner says

    Jul 19, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    If Hamas can dig sophisticated tunnels, why can’t they build shelters to protect their civilians?

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