September 15th 2006
IDF SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCMENT

IDF targets building hiding the entrance to a weapons smuggling tunnel

During the night, September 15th 2006, the IDF carried out an aerial attack
in the Gaza Strip, targeting a building in the city of Rafah which,
according to IDF information, was hiding the entrance to a weapons smuggling
tunnel. Following the attack a series of secondary explosions occurred in
the building, apparently due to the large number of explosives concealed
inside.

Prior to the attack on this terror facility, and in order to ensure the
safety of civilians in the area, the IDF warned the population not to stay
in structures that are used by terrorist organizations for storing weaponry.
Terrorist organizations operate from within civilian population, while
cynically exploiting uninvolved civilians and using them as human shields,
exploiting their homes to store weaponry and launching rockets at Israeli
towns from populated areas.

The IDF will continue to act with determination against terrorist
organizations and terror infrastructure in order to create the conditions
for the return of Cpl. Gilad Shalit and to stop terror attacks and the
launching of missiles towards Israel.