(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Lappin - IDF soldiers who were carrying out work to destroy a tunnel built by Hamas for terrorism on the Israel-Gaza border were attacked by a Palestinian terrorist cell early Friday. Five IDF soldiers were injured, one seriously. The soldiers were operating on both sides of the security fence. Hamas said militants fired mortar shells at IDF tanks on the Gaza side of the border. In response to the attack, the IDF fired a shell at terror suspects in the nearby Gazan district of Khan Yunis. One Palestinian gunman was killed and a second was wounded, according to Palestinian medical sources. IAF aircraft also struck an attack tunnel in southern Gaza. Three members of the Hamas Kassam Brigades were killed in the strike, according to the Palestinian news agency Ma'an.
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