Israel's attacks in Gaza justified - Minister

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.

The armoured personnel carrier exploded when it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade as soldiers worked to destroy a tunnel used by Palestinians to smuggle weapons from Egypt into Gaza.