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Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 31 August 2006
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip_Israeli soldiers who had been conducting an operation
to uncover tunnels and explosives began withdrawing from the outskirts of
Gaza City on Thursday, the army said.
The troops, who first raided the Shajaiyeh neighborhood late Saturday,
killed a total of 18 Palestinians, most of them militants, in airstrikes and
gunbattles, Palestinian emergency officials said.
The army released footage and photos Wednesday of what it described as a
tunnel dug by militants from Shajaiyeh to the Karni crossing, the main cargo
crossing between Gaza and Israel.
The tunnel, which was 13 meters (yards) deep and 150 meters (yards) long and
was reinforced with wooden beams, was to be used for an attack on Israeli
soldiers at the crossing, the army said.
Byline: n/a
Date: 31 August 2006
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip_Israeli soldiers who had been conducting an operation
to uncover tunnels and explosives began withdrawing from the outskirts of
Gaza City on Thursday, the army said.
The troops, who first raided the Shajaiyeh neighborhood late Saturday,
killed a total of 18 Palestinians, most of them militants, in airstrikes and
gunbattles, Palestinian emergency officials said.
The army released footage and photos Wednesday of what it described as a
tunnel dug by militants from Shajaiyeh to the Karni crossing, the main cargo
crossing between Gaza and Israel.
The tunnel, which was 13 meters (yards) deep and 150 meters (yards) long and
was reinforced with wooden beams, was to be used for an attack on Israeli
soldiers at the crossing, the army said.