A tunnel used by Palestinian weapons smugglers along the Egyptian border collapsed today, burying several people inside.

Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip are justified and will continue, Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said today, as his soldiers searched for body parts of five comrades killed in the second of two armoured vehicles blown up in Palestinian attacks.

At least three Palestinians were killed and 12 wounded in violent clashes when Israeli troops went into a Gaza refugee camp on the Egyptian border early today.