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| 'Two dead' in Israeli air strikes | |
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| Gaza medical sources say two people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on tunnels on the border with Egypt. | |
| Israel earlier confirmed it had bombed three of the tunnels, which is says are used to smuggle weapons into Gaza. | |
| The air raids came hours after Palestinian fighters in Gaza fired rockets into southern Israel, with no reported injuries. | |
| Israeli police said two mortars landed in an open area inside Israel without causing damage or casualties. | Israeli police said two mortars landed in an open area inside Israel without causing damage or casualties. |
| Palestinian militants, from a group called the Popular Resistance Committees, said they fired mortars at Israeli troops who had launched an incursion into the northern Gaza Strip. | Palestinian militants, from a group called the Popular Resistance Committees, said they fired mortars at Israeli troops who had launched an incursion into the northern Gaza Strip. |
| Shortly after, Israeli warplanes bombed the tunnels near the town of Rafah, close to the Egyptian border. | Shortly after, Israeli warplanes bombed the tunnels near the town of Rafah, close to the Egyptian border. |
| Medical workers who later reached the scene said they had pulled two unidentified men from the collapsed tunnels. | |
| There have been sporadic rocket fire and Israeli raids since unilateral ceasefires in January ended a 22-day assault by Israel on the Gaza Strip. | There have been sporadic rocket fire and Israeli raids since unilateral ceasefires in January ended a 22-day assault by Israel on the Gaza Strip. |
| One of Israel's stated goals in the operation was to halt the smuggling of weapons - including rockets that were being fired against Israeli towns - into the coastal enclave through the network of tunnels. | One of Israel's stated goals in the operation was to halt the smuggling of weapons - including rockets that were being fired against Israeli towns - into the coastal enclave through the network of tunnels. |
| But smuggling has resumed and people in Gaza say the tunnels are the only way of getting food, fuel and other goods into the area under the strict blockade imposed by Israel. | But smuggling has resumed and people in Gaza say the tunnels are the only way of getting food, fuel and other goods into the area under the strict blockade imposed by Israel. |