In a Blow to Hamas, Israel Destroys Tunnel From Gaza
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In a Blow to Hamas, Israel Destroys Tunnel From Gaza
Referring to Israeli border communities, he added, "I hope
that in the coming months the tunnel threat to the residents of the ‘Gaza envelope’ will become a thing of the past." More immediately, the action against the tunnel injected another element of uncertainty into the simmering tensions over President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
10, 2017
JERUSALEM — Israel said on Sunday that it had destroyed a tunnel dug by Hamas from Gaza into Israeli territory,
dealing a substantial blow to one of the main strategic assets in the Islamic militant group’s arsenal.
Jarrod Agen said that It’s unfortunate that the Palestinian Authority is walking away again from an opportunity to discuss the future of the region,
but the administration remains undeterred in its efforts to help achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and our peace team remains hard at work putting together a plan,
The military identified what it said was a tunnel belonging to Islamic Jihad, which sometimes
rivals Hamas, the dominant force in Gaza, but joins it in battle against Israel.
" Hamas’s military wing said in a statement on Sunday. that Our battle for Jerusalem continues hour by hour, over the ground and underground,
It was the second cross-border tunnel in six weeks
that the Israeli military said it had detected and put out of use with new technologies, leading officials to predict the end of the cross-border threat from such tunnels.
Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said the tunnel destroyed on Sunday had been monitored by the Israelis for months.
Referring to Israeli border communities, he added, "I hope
that in the coming months the tunnel threat to the residents of the ‘Gaza envelope’ will become a thing of the past." More immediately, the action against the tunnel injected another element of uncertainty into the simmering tensions over President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
10, 2017
JERUSALEM — Israel said on Sunday that it had destroyed a tunnel dug by Hamas from Gaza into Israeli territory,
dealing a substantial blow to one of the main strategic assets in the Islamic militant group’s arsenal.
Jarrod Agen said that It’s unfortunate that the Palestinian Authority is walking away again from an opportunity to discuss the future of the region,
but the administration remains undeterred in its efforts to help achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and our peace team remains hard at work putting together a plan,
The military identified what it said was a tunnel belonging to Islamic Jihad, which sometimes
rivals Hamas, the dominant force in Gaza, but joins it in battle against Israel.
" Hamas’s military wing said in a statement on Sunday. that Our battle for Jerusalem continues hour by hour, over the ground and underground,
It was the second cross-border tunnel in six weeks
that the Israeli military said it had detected and put out of use with new technologies, leading officials to predict the end of the cross-border threat from such tunnels.
Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said the tunnel destroyed on Sunday had been monitored by the Israelis for months.