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Tunnels Lead Right to the Heart of Israel
(New York Times) Jodi Rudoren - Palestinian militants again penetrated underground into Israel on Monday evening, killing five IDF soldiers in a staging area. Far more than the rocket barrages that have sent Israelis scrambling for shelter throughout the bloody 21-day battle, the tunnel attacks have shaken the collective psyche and stiffened resolve to continue or even expand the fight. "It's not a pleasant thought that you sit one day on the patio drinking coffee with your wife and a bunch of terrorists will rise from the ground," said Eyal Brandeis, 50, a political scientist who lives on Kibbutz Sufa, a mile from where 13 militants emerged from a tunnel at dawn on July 17. Ma'ayan Barkai, 34, director of Kibbutz Be'eri, where one tunnel was found over the weekend, said: "We knew what to do with the missiles. The tunnels, it's game-changing. We can't do anything if the terrorists will come to our kindergarten."