Tunnel infiltration thwarted near Kibbutz Sufa | The Times of Israel
[h=2]Attempt to kill and perhaps abduct Israelis foiled when 13 armed men were spotted emerging from a tunnel inside Israel near Kibbutz Sufa[/h] By Mitch Ginsburg July 17, 2014
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Brig. Gen. Michael Edelstein, commander of the Gaza division, entering an offensive tunnel that was discovered in October 2013. (photo credit: Mitch Ginsburg/ Times of Israel staff)
The Israeli army thwarted a large-scale infiltration attempt along the Gaza border, during which 13 armed Palestinians emerged from a tunnel on the Israeli side of the border at dawn Thursday, an army spokesperson said.
The spokesperson described the attack as in line with a series of other thwarted attacks over the past 10 days of warfare, including two infiltration attempts from the sea near Kibbutz Zikim, a tunnel near Kerem Shalom, and a drone attack earlier this week.
The IDF action that stopped the infiltration attempt before it was sprung “was obviously a huge success,” said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner.
The gunmen, he said, emerged from the tunnel early Thursday some 250 meters inside Israel. Lying flat on the ground, in an open area two kilometers from Kibbutz Sufa in the Eshkol region, the 13 armed men were spotted by what Lerner termed “different sensors.”
[h=2]Attempt to kill and perhaps abduct Israelis foiled when 13 armed men were spotted emerging from a tunnel inside Israel near Kibbutz Sufa[/h] By Mitch Ginsburg July 17, 2014
Quick Watch0:47
Brig. Gen. Michael Edelstein, commander of the Gaza division, entering an offensive tunnel that was discovered in October 2013. (photo credit: Mitch Ginsburg/ Times of Israel staff)
The spokesperson described the attack as in line with a series of other thwarted attacks over the past 10 days of warfare, including two infiltration attempts from the sea near Kibbutz Zikim, a tunnel near Kerem Shalom, and a drone attack earlier this week.
The IDF action that stopped the infiltration attempt before it was sprung “was obviously a huge success,” said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner.
The gunmen, he said, emerged from the tunnel early Thursday some 250 meters inside Israel. Lying flat on the ground, in an open area two kilometers from Kibbutz Sufa in the Eshkol region, the 13 armed men were spotted by what Lerner termed “different sensors.”
