Israeli aircraft strike Gaza smuggling tunnels along border in response to rocket fire

October 3rd, 2009 Israeli army strikes Gaza weapons workshopGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli army says it carried out airstrikes on a weapons workshop east of Gaza City and two weapons smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. Palestinian health officials reported no injuries.

September 20th, 2009 Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians on Gaza borderJERUSALEM — A Palestinian Health Ministry official says Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants and wounded three in an incident along the Gaza border. Dr. Moaiya Hassanain said the men were hit by tank fire.

September 12th, 2009 GAZA/CAIRO - Two Palestinians were killed while three others were missing after a smuggling tunnel running under the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt collapsed Saturday, witnesses and medical officials reported. Gaza emergency chief Mo'aweya Hassanein told reporters that two local residents were killed when the tunnel, which ran from the southern Gazan town of Rafah to Egypt, suddenly collapsed.

September 1st, 2009 Hamas: 2 men killed in GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Hamas militant group says two of its fighters have been killed in the Gaza Strip. The cause of the deaths remains unclear.

August 25th, 2009 Gaza official: 3 dead, 7 hurt in Israel air strikeGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli air strike on a smuggling tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Tuesday killed three Palestinians and wounded seven, a Palestinian Health Ministry official said. The official, Dr.

August 25th, 2009 Israeli airstrike on Gaza smuggling tunnel kills 3GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike on a smuggling tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt killed three Palestinians inside and wounded seven on Tuesday in the deadliest Israeli attack on the volatile border area in months, a Palestinian Health Ministry official said. The Israeli military said the air force struck in retaliation for a mortar attack from Gaza Monday into southern Israel that lightly wounded an Israeli soldier.

August 24th, 2009 2 Palestinians, 2 Israelis wounded in Gaza clashJERUSALEM — At least two Palestinians and two Israelis have been injured in violence on the Gaza-Israel border. Israeli rescue workers say Palestinians fired two mortar shells from Gaza, slightly wounding two.

August 10th, 2009 JERUSALEM —Israeli warplanes bombed a smuggling tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border early Monday in response to Palestinian rocket and mortar fire, in a brief flare-up of violence at a time of relative quiet in the volatile Palestinian territory. Such exchanges of fire, once routine, have become rare in recent months.

May 28th, 2009 JERUSALEM - In its 2009 annual report, formally released on Thursday, Amnesty International places sole blame on Israel for the breakdown in the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that led to Operation Cast Lead. The London-based organization accuses Israel of breaking the six-month cease-fire on November 4, 2008, when "Israeli forces killed six Palestinian militants." Jerusalem-based research organization NGO Monitor said the report ignored Hamas violations.

May 2nd, 2009 Israeli airstrike against Gaza tunnels kills 2GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike against smuggling tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border killed two people Saturday, a Palestinian medical official said. Two bodies were pulled from the collapsed tunnels after the Israeli attack, said Dr.

March 2nd, 2009 JERUSALEM /GAZA - Continued Palestinian rocket fire from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel will be met with 'a painful, sharp, strong and uncompromising response', outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert threatened Sunday. Speaking at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, he warned that 'the State of Israel has a wide range of options that will be utilised in order to bring complete quiet to the south' and said the Israel action would 'in no way be what the terrorist organisations expect'.

January 26th, 2009 GAZA/JERUSALEM - One Israeli soldier was killed and three others wounded Tuesday morning near the border between Israel and the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Residents in the area east of central Gaza said a bomb detonated near the fence of the border.

January 17th, 2009 JERUSALEM - The Israeli army Sunday evening began withdrawing its troops from the Gaza Strip, hours after Hamas announced its one-week ceasefire plan. Footage of the Israeli TV Channel 10 showed that Israeli tanks and soldiers were moving towards the border from inside the Palestinian enclave.

January 17th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Israel Sunday said it would open an emergency medical centre at the Gaza border to provide treatment for the wounded Palestinians. The centre, at the Erez border crossing, is aimed at 'treating wounded civilians from Gaza', Israel's welfare and health ministries said in a joint statement.

December 30th, 2008 JERUSALEM - Israel's cabinet planned to meet later Wednesday to discuss a French proposal for a 48-hour truce in its assault on the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli warplanes continued its attacks, striking targets of the Hamas organisation in the salient overnight. Media reports Wednesday morning said Israel was hesitant about agreeing to the proposal for a 'humanitarian' ceasefire, pointing out that the army was allowing some aid convoys to enter the Gaza Strip even as the fighting was going on.