'RUNNING.. WITH NO END IN SIGHT'

Gaza families flee as Israeli forces hunt for Hamas leader | Woman and 3 kids among 16 people killed in strike on Strip

- CHRIS HUGHES

ISRAELI troops have smashed an almost mile-long Hamas tunnel in Gaza as the manhunt for its leader, Yahya Sinwar, intensifies.

The underground complex was uncovered in Rafah, in the south, and destroyed. Another 16 Palestinians died in the Gaza Strip from airstrikes.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital received the bodies, which were counted by a reporter and included a woman and three children.

It came as cross-border missile attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli Defence Force were also stepped up amid fears of a wider Middle East conflict.

Last night, northern Israel was on high alert for another round of largescale Hezbollah missile strikes following Israel's killing of a top Hezbollah commander.