Tanks enter Gaza City industrial zone http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=380844

Several Israeli tanks penetrated Gaza's border on Thursday morning, entering the Gaza City industrial zone where they demolished an unknown number of factories, all which had been closed since 2005 ... Official sources in Gaza told Ma‘an that sheds, and shelters formerly used by PA security forces before 2007, were also demolished during the incursion. One official who preferred to remain anonymous said he was miffed by the move, saying the demolition had been carried out "despite the fact that this place is calm and there have been no operations by factions carried out from the zone."

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Israeli troops destroy structures near Gaza crossing http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=381057

 Israeli troops made a brief incursion into Gaza early on Thursday to demolish several buildings which the army said were being used by "terrorist organizations". Palestinians said the buildings were warehouses holding goods which had been transferred to the Gaza Strip via the nearby Karni crossing, which Israel shut down earlier this year. Witnesses said the buildings contained assorted equipment, children's diapers, scrap metal and cleaning detergent. The goods were damaged during the destruction of the warehouses. The operation also damaged a room holding the electrical generators for the industrial zone near the Karni crossing, they said.