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| Israel launches Gaza tunnel raid | Israel launches Gaza tunnel raid |
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| Israeli aircraft have launched a bombing raid on a tunnel in the Gaza Strip, the country's military has said. | Israeli aircraft have launched a bombing raid on a tunnel in the Gaza Strip, the country's military has said. |
| An army spokesman said the tunnel, on the border with Israel near the Karni crossing, was being used to carry out an attack. No casualties were reported. | An army spokesman said the tunnel, on the border with Israel near the Karni crossing, was being used to carry out an attack. No casualties were reported. |
| Secondary explosions seen after the air strike indicated explosives were hidden in the tunnel, the army spokesman said. | |
| The move comes the day after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three Israelis in the resort of Eilat. | The move comes the day after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three Israelis in the resort of Eilat. |
| That attack has endangered a truce that has been kept with the Palestinians since 26 November. | That attack has endangered a truce that has been kept with the Palestinians since 26 November. |
| Three Palestinian militant groups - Islamic Jihad, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and a previously unknown group called the Islamic Brigade - said they were behind it, saying the bomber was from Gaza but had entered the area via neighbouring Jordan. | |
| It is the first suicide bombing in Israel since April 2006. |