Israeli Airstrikes Damage Egyptian Rafah Crossing

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Source: Daily News Egypt

CAIRO: Israel has intensified its airstrikes on the border between Egypt and Gaza, damaging parts of the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, sources in the area told Daily News Egypt.

The Israeli bombing on the Palestinian side of Rafah has reverberated on the Egyptian side, shattering the glass windows of several homes and causing slight damages to the Rafah border crossing.

The strikes continued until 5 pm, as Israel continued to aim for the tunnels used to smuggle essential food and medical supplies as well as weapons into the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Sources in the area said that the tunnels were no longer being used due to the bombings.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said, “When the terrorist acts stop, and when the smuggling of weapons from Egypt to Gaza stops, then the Israeli fighting will stop.”

more: http://dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=19013

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1. Time to destroy each and every tunnel

The "truce" was just spent rearming with bigger and more powerful rockets.

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2. Unfortunately, those tunnels also supplied necessities for

Gazans. This may help to prevent Hamas from arming, but will inflict more suffering on the Gazan people. No net good will actually come from it.

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3. The best thing would be for Hamas to be destroyed

so that there is no need for tunnels.

If terrorism stops, the ports can open, the airport and borders can open, the Gazans can begin to develop their economy.

The siege will end when terrorism ends.

Then there is no need for tunnels (which smuggle in supplies as well as weapons).