Israel broadens push into Gaza

For the first time since its pull-out from Gaza a year ago, Israeli tanks and infantry took up positions on the Egypt-Gaza border today, killing two Palestinian gunmen and surrounding the Rafah border terminal, as the army broadened its search for arms smuggling tunnels.

Palestinian security officials said Israeli troops and tanks moved into the border town of Rafah before dawn and took over a section of the frontier, including the area around the Rafah border terminal.