 [ADN Kronos] Israeli air force jets bombed a suspected smuggling tunnel along the Gaza Strip border with Egypt late Sunday. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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The bombings were a response to overnight Qassam rocket and mortar shell fire from the coastal strip into southern Israel, an Israeli military spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said the strike targeted a tunnel under the town of Rafah suspected of being used to smuggle explosives into southern Gaza from Egypt.
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Israel has frequently attacked tunnels it says are used to smuggle weapons or materials to build weapons, though such raids have occurred less frequently in the past few months.
On Sunday, Gaza militants fired mortars at a northern crossing into Israel just as Palestinian patients were being transferred for treatment in Israeli hospitals, a Palestinian official said. Two radical Palestinian groups, the Popular Front and the Democratic Front, said they fired 12 mortars at the Erez crossing. The Israel Defence Forces said about six shells exploded near the Erez crossing as the transfer was in progress.
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Earlier Sunday, a Qassam rocket fired from the southern Gaza Strip at the western Negev area. No one was hurt and no damage was caused. This attack was the first such strike since 16 July. The last rocket to hit Israel also struck an open area in the Sdot Negev area, slightly injuring an 18-year-old Israeli. |