New Tactics In Gaza

Israel has fresh problems in Gaza, where a roadside bomb killed six Israeli soldiers last week. Five more died in a rocket-propelled-grenade attack near the Egyptian border, and two were killed while trying to recover their remains. The bombing stoked fears that the Lebanese militia Hizballah is getting better at moving its signature explosives into the area. A senior Hamas official tells TIME that the roadside bomb was smuggled into Gaza, though he would not say from where. The explosives were probably brought in through a tunnel passing under the Egyptian border or by sea, say Israeli military sources. They told...

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