Israeli troops uncovered a tunnel they suspect was dug by terrorists from the Gaza Strip. The secret passage, running from northern Gaza to a point near Kibbutz Erez in Israeli territory, was revealed by accident last Friday by a military bulldozer carrying out routine maintenance work. Security officials said the tunnel, the first known to have been dug into Israel since the recent Gaza withdrawal, was meant to be used by terrorist infiltrators. Israel had received intelligence alerts about the project, and asked the Palestinian Authority to act against it, to no avail.
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