Two die in air raid on Gaza tunnels

Two die in air raid on Gaza tunnels

The bodies of two Palestinians have been recovered from a tunnel in Gaza bombed by Israeli aircraft, medical workers say.

The air raids, which targeted several tunnels each running between Gaza and Egypt, took place on Saturday near the border town of Rafah, the Israeli military said.
The bombing came shortly after three mortar rounds were launched into Israeli territory from the northern Gaza Strip, causing no casualties.
The Palestinian Resistance Committees, an armed group in Gaza, said that it had fired the mortars.
Raids resume
The raids on Saturday came a day after Israel bombed several tunnels, saying they were used to smuggle weapons into Gaza.
The latest round of Israeli air raids are the first to target Palestinian tunnels in nearly two months.
At least 1,417 Palestinians were killed during the war, of whom 926 were civilians, a Palestinian human rights organization says.
PHOTO CAPTION
Smoke rises after Israeli warplanes bombed tunnels in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip May 2, 2009.
Agencies

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