An elderly Palestinian woman died on Wednesday morning due to a heart attack after Israel started hitting smuggling tunnels on the border with Egypt in southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics said.
Dr. Mohammed Subuh, a director at al-Najjar hospital in Rafah town, said the 70-year-old Huda Abu Tuhla died of heart attack as a result of the Israeli bombing near her house in Rafah.
Israel launched first round of attacks on the underground tunnels during its offensive in Gaza Strip in December and January. Though the largest military operation stopped and Egypt resumed efforts to broker a ceasefire, Israel kept striking at the tunnels from time to time.
The Israeli army said the fresh airstrikes on the border area in Rafah have destroyed seven tunnels, which are used to bring in fuel, cloths, food and raw materials to the residents of the besieged coastal Strip. But Israel says the underground passages are also used for smuggling weapons to Hamas.
Also in the morning, the Israeli warplanes raided an evacuated security compound run by Hamas administration in Khan Younis city.
Later in the morning, the Israeli troops, stationed in eastern Khan Younis borders, opened fire at the Palestinians who were working in a field, moderately wounding a farmer, according to witnesses.
The recent Israeli attacks followed the landing of a rocket that Palestinian militants fired from the Gaza Strip early in the morning.
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