Israel Matzav

IDF uncovers tunnel from Gaza to nearby Kibbutz's Kindergarten

Lest you think that all the Gaza tunnels are about smuggling in cars, that Egypt is shutting them all down, or that the 'Palestinians' have given up on murdering Jews....

The IDF recently uncovered a Palestinian terrorist tunnel leading from the Gaza Strip to Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, they announced on Sunday.

The tunnel was dug in order to either kidnap civilians and soldiers, or to infiltrate the community and carry out an atrocity in it, the army believes.

The tunnel was over 1.7 kilometers in length and represents a grave attempt by Palestinian terrorists to perpetrate an attack, army sources added.

The entrance of the tunnel on the Israeli side was reportedly dug near a kindergarten.

"The discovery of the tunnel ... prevented attempts to harm Israeli civilians who live close to the border and military forces in the area," Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said in a statement, accusing Gaza's ruling Hamas Islamist movement of being behind construction of the 2.5-km (1.5 mile)-long tunnel.

There was no claim of responsibility in Gaza but a spokesman for Hamas's armed wing wrote on Twitter that "the determination deep in the hearts and minds of resistance fighters is more important than tunnels dug in the mud".

What nice people. I'm sure if we give them a 'state,' they'll stop trying to murder Jews. /sarc

Here's a photo of the tunnel provided by the IDF.

Labels: Gaza envelope, Hamas, weapons tunnels

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:53 PM