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IDF Alerted to Possible Tunnel Attack
(Ynet News) Hanan Greenberg - The IDF's preliminary investigation into the attack by Palestinian gunmen at the Sufa crossing in southern Gaza on Sunday that killed Lt. Hanan Barak and Sgt. Pavel Slocker found that the opening of the underground tunnel used by the terrorists to infiltrate Israel was deep into Israeli territory, so that while soldiers monitored the Gaza border, the gunmen attacked them from behind. In recent weeks the IDF dug numerous holes in the area in search of underground tunnels, apparently guided by an intelligence alert. "The terrorists came out of the tunnel dressed in olive-colored garb" (similar to Israeli army uniforms), a senior officer in the Gaza Division said. A few hours before the attack, the IDF evacuated soldiers from a nearby base due to concerns that a tunnel was being dug nearby that terrorists would use to perpetrate an attack.