’Israel’ Bars Building Materials from Entering Gaza

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"Israel" on Sunday froze shipments of building materials to the besieged Gaza Strip after discovering an alleged " tunnel" into the Zionist entity from the territory.

"Due to security reasons, the army decided to stop for now the transfer of building materials into Gaza," Guy Inbar.
Inbar, spokesman for the "Israeli" war ministry unit responsible for the so-calle civilian affairs in the Palestinian territories, did not say how long the ban would remain in force.

Last month "Israel" permitted delivery of cement and steel for use by the private sector into the Gaza Strip for the first time since 2007, when "Israel" banned their transfer, claiming that Gaza's ruling Hamas would use construction materials to fortify its positions and build tunnels for attacks on the Zionist entity.

"Israeli" officials said on Sunday that a tunnel running 450 meters into "Israel" and intended as a springboard for attacks had been uncovered by troops.
"I want to congratulate the army for exposing the Gaza "terror" tunnel," "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday. "It is part of our offensive policy against terror, both in prevention and intelligence, proactive activity, reactive activity."

The army did not immediately publish details of the tunnel, but the head of the "Israeli" council where it was found said that he had been taken inside for an inspection.
"This tunnel, which looks like the New York subway, is apparently intended to kidnap soldiers or for some other kind of terrorist attack," Haim Yelin told army radio.
"It is impressively executed, with concrete supports, he said, and noted that "this tunnel penetrates into the "Israel" 300-400 meters from the border with the Gaza Strip."

"Israel" frequently carries out unprovoked strikes against the Gaza Strip, while maintaining a crippling siege on the enclave. In parallel, Egypt often closes the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, further isolating its 1.6 million residents.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team