GAZA/ISRAEL: ISRAELI ARMY COMMANDER SAYS OPERATION TO UNCOVER WEAPONS-SMUGGLING TUNNELS IN GAZA IS NOT OVER YET

Record ID: 400203

  • Title: GAZA/ISRAEL: ISRAELI ARMY COMMANDER SAYS OPERATION TO UNCOVER WEAPONS-SMUGGLING TUNNELS IN GAZA IS NOT OVER YET
  • Date: 24th May 2004
  • Summary: (W7) SUFA JUNCTION, GAZA (MAY 24, 2004) (REUTERS) (MAY 24, 2004) 1. ISRAELI SOLDIER GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO TANK COMING OUT OF RAFAH 0.006 2. SOLDIER GIVING DIRECTIONS TO TANK BEING LOADED ON TRUCK 0.14 3. TANK BEING LOADED ON TRUCK 0.24 4. VARIOUS OF ISRAELI TANKS PARKED OUTSIDE BORDER 0.34 5. SV/SCU: ISRAELI TROOPS PRAYING
  • Embargoed: 8th June 2004 13:00
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  • Location: SUFA JUNCTION, KISSUFIM, GAZA/ TEL-AVIV, ISRAEL
  • City:
  • Country: Gaza Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA5Q86YVD3P8CUWQ3LP85QQQ6Z2
  • Story Text: Israeli army commander says Gaza operation not over
    yet.


    An Israeli army general said on Monday (May 24) the
    operation to uncover weapons-smuggling tunnels in Gaza is
    not over yet.

    During an Israeli army briefing in Tel-Aviv, army
    commander Dan Harel told reporters that the army may have
    discovered yet another tunnel in Gaza and the forces will
    continue to operate until all of the tunnels are uncovered.

    "We'll go on and on because we won't give up, it's our
    right and we will carry on our duty," Harel said.

    Israeli forces withdrew from two key neighbourhoods of
    a Gaza refugee camp on Monday, leaving behind a swathe of
    destruction after killing 42 Palestinians in a six-day
    siege that drew international outrage.

    Wary residents venturing out in the Tel Sultan and
    Brazil districts begged for water as they confronted
    demolished homes, flattened greenhouses and torn-up streets
    flowing with raw sewage after Israeli tanks rumbled out.

    The army also lifted a blockade that had cut Rafah off
    from the rest of the Gaza Strip for nearly a week, saying
    it was easing conditions for the beleaguered population.

    But it kept a small force in the Kishta neighbourhood of
    the crowded camp.

    Tel Sultan and Brazil were the main targets of Israel's
    largest Gaza raid in years, launched after 13 soldiers were
    killed in ambushes. The army said its goal was to root out
    militants and shut down tunnels used to smuggle arms across
    the border from Egypt.


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