Air force destroys Gaza tunnel

Strike occurs shortly after terrorists fire rocket into Israel

Ilan Ben Zion is an AFP reporter and a former news editor at The Times of Israel.

Illustrative photo of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90/File)
Illustrative photo of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90/File)

The Israeli Air Force blew up a tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip shortly after midnight on Wednesday following a Kassam rocket attack on southern Israel.

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No injuries were reported in either incident. The rocket, which landed in open area outside the southern coastal city of Ashkelon, caused no damage.

The tunnel, situated near the Palestinian border town of Beit Hanoun, was reportedly destroyed.

 

 

 

 

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