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Thursday, July 17, 2014
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
IDF confirms no terrorists remain in Sufa area
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe IDF says residents in the Kibbutz Sufa area south of the Gaza Strip can begin to leave their homes.
The IDF ordered all residents indoors for the past few hours as it battled a large Hamas infiltration into Israel, with 13 terrorists emerging from a tunnel near the small community at around 4:30 a.m.
Soldiers saw the infiltration in time and opened massive fire against the Hamas force. After hours of searches, the army says none of the attackers remain in Israeli territory. Some were hit by IDF fire, the army says, while some fled back through the tunnel, which has been bombed as well.
Residents of the area are urged to follow the IDF’s instructions as the immediate threat winds down.
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