Egypt-Gaza border tunnel destroyed by Israeli airstrike
TEL AVIV. August 10. KAZINFORM Israel's air force destroyed on Monday a Palestinian smugglers' tunnel connecting Egypt and the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces' press service said on Monday; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
The bombing, in which no one was reported hurt, was a response to Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks on Israel, which resumed at the weekend after almost a month break.
A rocket fired by Palestinian militants landed in open ground in Israel's south, and a mortar attack on the Erez border crossing was launched as sick Palestinians were being taken out of the enclave for treatment at Israeli hospitals.
The military discovered six mines on the Palestinian side of the border, which caused no damage. Two military groups - Popular and Democratic Fronts for the Liberation of Palestine - claimed responsibility for the attacks; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
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