(Ha'aretz) Anshel Pfeffer - Hamas has made at least five attacks through tunnels in recent days. The proximity of Israeli kibbutzim close to the border makes the tunnels a potent threat. Destroying those tunnels is a dangerous job, as seen in the deaths of three IDF paratroopers who were blown up by a Hamas booby trap while entering a tunnel entrance on Wednesday morning. IDF officers have been astonished by the extent of Hamas' tunneling operation. This intelligence "blind spot" is being explained by the fact that Hamas didn't use its own members to do the digging but families from Rafah in southern Gaza which made their living digging smuggling tunnels to Egypt.
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