A motorbike is removed from a tunnel along the Israeli-Gaza border.<br/> <br />It's footage released by the Israeli army.<br/> <br />Israel says tunnels like this one are used by Palestinian militants to infiltrate the country and carry out attacks.<br/> <br />The army said it was discovered when Islamists were seen emerging from it. The militants and five soldiers were killed in the fighting.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI COMMANDER SAYING:<br/> <br />"We discovered motorcycles and many weapons, on a wider scale than found so far in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip. Those motorcycles, we think, were supposed to be used to exit a tunnel access located 300 metres away from here to the east in order to execute a terrorist attack inside Israel. This is the first time that we encounter motorcycles in such incident."<br/> <br />Destroying these tunnels is Israel's main mission in Gaza. The army says the operation's nearly complete and is winding down the offensive.<br/> <br />More than 1700 Palestinians and dozens of Is
