PNN – Palestine News Network -30.08.11 – 14:36
Bethlehem – PNN – The Israeli government is preparing for a possible second wave of attacks on the south of the country, according to the Israeli paper Maariv.
The military is sharing intelliegence with its Egyptian counterparts to avoid a repeat of the attacks two weeks ago on Eilat, in which eight Israelis were killed. At the time, Israel claimed that militants from Gaza had entered the country through Sinai after crossing the Egyptian border in underground tunnels.
According to unnamed ‘security sources’, Egyptian authorities are also considering the implementation of a 5 km long ‘buffer zone’ to prevent tunneling from Gaza to Sinai.