Israel to Raze Homes in Gaza ...Well Yeah...It's about Time
What took them so long?
ISRAEL plans to raze homes and other structures just inside the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian militants from using them as cover to build tunnels for attacks and smuggling, Israeli media reported today.
The YNet news website quoted an unnamed senior officer in the army's southern command as saying the aim was to "clean" a 1km wide strip of land.
It was unclear if this meant southern Gaza, where most tunnels have been found, or the entire coastal strip.
The army has long expressed concern about Palestinian gunmen using tunnels in southern Gaza to smuggle weapons in from Egypt and to also carry out attacks on the Jewish state.
Israel's current month-long military offensive in Gaza was launched after militants tunnelled under the border fence in the south and killed two Israeli soldiers and captured another.
"Usually the digging is done from a house, a greenhouse or anywhere else that is meant to cover the activity," the officer said.
"Therefore we have decided to conduct a different policy and just shave and attack any structure or shelter that could be used as a cover for an entrance to a tunnel. This way any attempt by a Palestinian to dig a tunnel will be stopped."
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