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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3646154,00.html

“IDF: Tunnel bombing cripples Hamas”

SNIPPET: “Israeli fighter jets destroy 40 tunnels along Philadelphi Route using precision bombs. Military says strike cut off Gaza terror’s lifeline”
Hanan Greenberg
Published: 12.29.08, 00:31 / Israel News

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Destroying the tunnels under the Philadelphi Route means cutting off Gaza terror’s lifeline, military sources told Ynet Sunday.

Earlier, IAF fighter jets targeted the smuggling tunnels along the Israeli-Egyptian border. The strike was under four-minutes long, added the sources, but it took months to plan.

Destroying the tunnels was one of Operation Cast Lead’s objectives. The tunnels, used to smuggle weapons and ammunition into Gaza escaped any major strike for the entirety of the ceasefire between Israel and the militant groups in Gaza, as well as for several months prior to it.”


19 posted on 12/28/2008 3:57:40 PM PST by Cindy
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Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456504973&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Dec 29, 2008 1:02
Kassam fired from Gaza lands in Eshkol region; no casualties
By JPOST.COM STAFF

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Kassam rocket at the western Negev early Monday morning.

The rocket landed in an ope


21 posted on 12/28/2008 4:01:24 PM PST by Cindy
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ADDING to post no. 19:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54e_1230490496

“IAF Release Cockpit Footage Of Airstrikes Along The Philadelphi Route.”
(Added December 28, 2008)


36 posted on 12/28/2008 10:28:07 PM PST by Cindy
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