Israel fills in ‘longest and deepest’ Hamas tunnel

Israel’s army said it had destroyed a Hamas tunnel crossing from the Gaza Strip into its territory. The announcement came after more than two weeks of tension along the border of the Palestinian enclave.

Avigdor Lieberman, defence minister, said it was the longest and deepest Gazan tunnel ever discovered by Israel. “We filled the tunnel with material that renders it useless for a very long period of time,” a military spokesman said. Explosives were not used. It was the fifth Gazan tunnel destroyed in recent months.