ISRAEL MAY BOMB TUNNELS ALONG GAZA/EGYPT BORDER

Report: Israel May Bomb Tunnels Along Gaza-Egypt Border (Reuters)
Israel may soon use "smart" bombs on the narrow border between Egypt and Gaza to destroy tunnels used to smuggle weapons into Palestinian territory, Maariv reported on Friday. The precision-guided weapons would be used to penetrate deep underground in the hope of destroying the tunnel network that Israel says riddles the narrow border area. The decision to use "smart" bombs may be a substitute to reoccupying the entire region, the newspaper said. A similar campaign successfully destroyed tunnels along the northern Gaza border with Israel. The army began targeting underground passages in Gaza after Palestinian militants tunneled into Israel and abducted an IDF soldier on June 25.