[Ha'aretz] Yuval Azoulay and Mijal Grinberg - Israel Defense Forces troops operating overnight Tuesday outside the northern Gaza Strip town of Jebaliya uncovered an opening to a tunnel into Israel. Military sources believe it was dug to serve as a pathway for suicide bombers into Israel. A similar tunnel was used by Gaza terror groups to enter Israel and kidnap IDF corporal Gilad Shalit near Kibbutz Kerem Shalom in June 2006. Two armed militants were killed in an exchange of fire that erupted during the raid.
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