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Middle East Newsline -: "GAZA CITY [MENL] -- Israel has intensified its offensive against Palestinian insurgents amid increased warnings of an imminent suicide attack at a vital facility in the Jewish state.
Israeli officials said the Air Force and Southern Command have received instructions to expand their attacks on major operatives in the Gaza Strip deemed to be planning attacks against Israel. They said the policy was meant to keep insurgency groups on the defensive, rather than pursue plans to launch missile and suicide operations.
At the same time, Israeli troops and armored forces have intensified their search-and-destroy operation for weapons tunnels that connect the southern Gaza Strip with neighboring Egypt. Officials said insurgency groups, aided by the Palestinian Authority, have sought to bolster their missile and rocket capability against Israel by smuggling components and explosives from the Sinai Peninsula.
On Wednesday, two Israeli AH-64A Apache attack helicopters killed three Hamas operatives near Gaza City. Officials said the helicopters fired missiles at a car that was driving near the Israeli community of Netsarim, south of Gaza City. "