IDF stop 13 terrorists attempting to enter Israel through Gaza tunnel; hits identified.
IDF forces identified some 13 Gaza terrorists who attempted to penetrate into Israel through a tunnel from Gaza Strip Thursday morning.
The IDF forces attacked the group and some direct hits were identified. The attempted attack took place near Kerem Shalom.
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At the end of June, an explosion killed six members of Izzadine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in a tunnel under the Israeli border Thursday, Palestinian officials said.
Eyewitnesses reported a large explosion near the border with Israel, but the IDF told AFP they had no knowledge of the incident.
Hamas, which ruled the Gaza Strip since June 2007, formally relinquished power over it on June 2, when Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appointed a government of independents under a unity agreement.
But Hamas security forces remain in place in Gaza, and the Brigades were not disarmed, as the deal does not relate to the military factions of Palestinian movements.
In addition to tunnels dug under the Egyptian border to smuggle goods, militant Gaza groups use tunnels to infiltrate beyond Israel's lines. Ynet News
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