Palestinians have smuggled five anti-aircraft missiles into the Gaza Strip, an Israeli security chief said. Shin Bet head Avi Dichter told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday that the terrorists brought the Soviet-era Strella missiles into Gaza through tunnels from Egypt, and warned against giving up control of the flashpoint border zone.
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