Ya'alon: Hamas rebuilding defensive tunnels; Israel looking for new digging of offensive tunnels

Hamas has begun work to rebuild its network of defensive underground tunnels, and Israel is watching closely for signs that it is working on new cross-border offensive tunnels as well, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said on Tuesday.

Defensive tunnels enable Hamas members to move within the Gaza Strip underground, transfer weapons, and coordinate hit and run attacks on IDF units during clashes. Offensive tunnels are cross-border structures designed to allow Hamas to insert murder squads into southern Israel to carry out terrorist atrocities, and attacks on IDF positions.
Under no circumstances will Israelis have to get used to a "drizzle of rockets" anywhere, "not in the north and not in the south," Ya'alon vowed.

Israel retaliated to Friday's Gazan rocket attack by launching an air strike a cement factory in southern Gaza, used by Hamas to reconstruct its underground tunnels...............................http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Yaalon-Hamas-rebuilding-defensive-tunnels-Israel-looking-for-new-digging-of-offensive-tunnels-385529
23/12/14
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