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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Says It Blocked 'Attack Tunnel' from Gaza Strip

An Israeli soldier stands on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, near the opening of a tunnel, that Israel says was dug by the Islamic Jihad group, leading from Gaza into Israel, near the southern Israeli kibbutz of Kissufim, Israel, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. (Jack Guez/Pool via AP)

Israel's military said on Monday it blocked a tunnel dug by the Gaza's ruling group Hamas that was meant as a passageway for militants from the enclave into Israel.

Palestinian gunmen used tunnels to blindside Israeli forces during a 2014 Gaza war. Israel has since been developing detection technologies and constructed an underground concrete barrier with sensors to foil attempts to dig across the border.

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