Good morning all
As the war against terror continues we see that methods of aggresion are shared amongst our foes; with that, heads up to this method:
Tunnels dug from several hundred meters from a base to under the base, filled with explosives under the base, and BAM!
I haven't heard of this happening iver there, but it might do as news of the successes here propegates.
"Five Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed and six wounded in the Gaza Strip when a booby-trapped tunnel blew up under an army outpost near Rafah on Sunday."
The attack began at about 5:30 P.M., when a bomb went off under the JVT outpost, located some 200 meters east of the Rafah crossing. The explosion, which destroyed the eastern part of the outpost, killed two soldiers and buried a third under the rubble; it also caused most of the injuries. The third soldier was later reported dead.
Immediately afterward, two armed Palestinians penetrated the outpost from the west and shot and killed two other soldiers. Soldiers returned fire, killing one of the Palestinians, a Fatah operative. His companion, a Hamas operative, escaped, but was apparently wounded. Hamas said he escaped with a weapon belonging to one of the soldiers.
Later, another bomb went off by an armored personnel carrier parked near the outpost, but
caused no casualties. The wounded soldiers were evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva, and rescue crews were brought in to start digging for the soldier buried under the rubble. The digging went on well into the night, under constant Palestinian fire. Helicopter gunships and other troops were sent in to provide cover for the rescue workers.
Hamas told the Palestinian media that the tunnel under the outpost was some 250 meters long, and some 1.5 tons of explosives were used to blow it up. The IDF's preliminary investigation confirmed these claims. The organization also said that preparations for the attack took about four months which undermines its claim that the operation was to avenge "the killing of the commander and symbol, Yasser Arafat."
More info at the link posted.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/513460.html
Hoepoe
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