The Israeli occupation army announced that four Palestinian youths attempted on Saturday to damage military equipment to detect tunnels near the border fence east of the Gaza Strip.
A spokesman for the Israeli army said that the four youths approached the border fence and tried to cross it to reach the equipment.
He claimed that a military force stationed in the area spotted the young men as they approached the fence but they managed to withdraw. No further information was given.
The Israeli army a few months ago started the establishment of a wall the runs several meters into the ground along the security fence separating the Gaza Strip and the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories in an attempt to put an end to the Palestinian resistance tunnels phenomenon.
