(Jerusalem Post) Margot Dudkevitch - IDF forces operating in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip uncovered two tunnel openings Wednesday night, one located in a residential home. In Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip, soldiers spotted a Kassam rocket launcher and destroyed it. Also Wednesday night, IDF helicopters fired rockets at a factory in Khan Yunis believed to be used by Hamas to manufacture weapons. A succession of explosions proved the presence of explosives. An IDF undercover unit on Wednesday arrested seven Tanzim terrorists who had been involved in shooting attacks in the Bethlehem area. The cell was captured before it was able to carry out a planned suicide bombing attack against an Israeli target in the near future.
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