Palestinians Tunnel Under Border Crossing, Explosion Kills 5 Israeli Soldiers

(AP/MSNBC) Palestinians blew up an Israeli army base at the Gaza-Egypt crossing Sunday by sneaking more than a ton of explosives through a tunnel, killing five Israeli soldiers and wounding five in the largest Palestinian attack since Arafat's death. Raanan Gissin, a top aide to Prime Minister Sharon, said, "Unless there is decisive and sustained effort taken to dismantle the terrorist organizations, it will be impossible to move toward normalization and toward political negotiations."


2004-12-13 00:00:00

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