Israeli Jets Destroy Smuggling Tunnel After Gazan Rocket Attack

The firing of a Qassam rocket from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Saturday evening brought an airborne attack over a smuggling tunnel in the northern part of Gaza in the early hours of Sunday morning. The Israeli army made a point of indicating that the tunnel was dug by various factions other than Hamas, and that it was dug in order to facilitate a terrorist attack rather than in order to smuggle food or supplies. The Palestinian missile caused no injuries or damage. In an unrelated development, Hamas officials are investigating the cause of two explosions set off inside the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning. One exploded inside the Ansar-2 prison and the second inside the compound of what was Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud ‘Abbas’s home until Hamas took control of Gaza.