Lankan jets bomb Tiger ammunition stores

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan war planes bombed a suspected Tamil Tiger munitions dump on Tuesday in Jaffna, military officials said.

Israeli-built Kfir jets hit Tiger positions at Pallai, about 10 kms south of their de facto front line at Muhamalai, officials said.

"Just after the air attack, we could hear secondary explosions," a military official in the peninsula said.

"It is most likely that their ammunition dump was hit. They are maintaining a radio silence at the moment."

The attack came amid a lull in fighting in the past 48 hours. Heavy clashes erupted along the de facto front line 11 days ago with what the military said was a rebel push to take their former stronghold of Jaffna.   

The rebels have denied launching an offensive and said they were resisting a military advance into territory held by them on the southern edge of the peninsula.