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Israel Bombs Gaza Targets Following Mortar Attack

   VOA News 18 August 2010
   A  Palestinian man inspects the damage, following an Israeli airstrike
   at  a  Hamas  training camp near Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Gaza
   Strip, 18 Aug 2010

Photo: AP

   A  Palestinian man inspects the damage, following an Israeli airstrike
   at  a  Hamas  training camp near Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Gaza
   Strip, 18 Aug 2010

   Israeli  warplanes  have  carried  out  air strikes in the Gaza Strip,
   after  two  Israeli  soldiers  were  wounded  Tuesday in a mortar bomb
   attack by Palestinian militants.

      [VOA Jerusalem Correspondent Luis Ramirez talks about the raid:]

   Local  sources  say  the  air  strikes  targeted  smuggling tunnels in
   southern  Gaza  and  a  site near the town of Khan Younis close to the
   Egyptian border.
   There were no immediate reports of casualties.

   Palestinians  use tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border to sneak weapons
   and goods into the Palestinian enclave.
   On  Monday,  Israeli  troops killed a Palestinian militant in the Gaza
   Strip  near  the  Israeli  border.   The  Israeli  military  said the
   militant  was killed when troops opened fire on Palestinians trying to
   plant an explosive device close to the border.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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