BREAKING NEWS

Netanyahu pays surprise visit to Gaza border

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a surprise visit to the area near the border with Gaza on Tuesday, his first trip to the region since a large attack tunnel from Gaza into Israel was discovered last month.
Netanyahu was accompanied by Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, and other top IDF officials.  He received a briefing there on the security situation in the area.