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Palestinian medical sources reported that three brothers were killed, and ten residents were injured, in an Israeli shelling that targeted the tunnels area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Dr. Muawiya Abu Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of health reported that Mansour Al Battekhy, 30, and his brothers Wael, 26, and Ibrahim, 34, were all killed when the army shelled a tunnel.

Majdi Al Baba, the administrative director of Abu Yousef Al Najjar, stated that the bodies of the three brothers, along with eight wounded residents, were moved to the hospital.

He added that rescue teams are still trying to locate residents believed to be trapped under the rubble.

116 Palestinians have been killed in tunnel accidents, and more that 510 injured since Israel imposed the siege on Gaza three years ago.

This does not include residents killed in Israeli shelling targeting the tunnels.

In other News the Israeli military kidnapped on Tuesday five Palestinian civilians during morning invasions targeting a number of west Bank communities.

Palestinian sources said that troops kidnapped three men from Qabalan village in northern West Bank, one from Jenin city also northern West Bank, in addition to one man from Ramallah city central west Bank.

The Israeli army radio announced that the five men were taken to military detention camps for questioning and that they are on what the military calls its "Wanted List."

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