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July 13, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8805418.stm

Gaza's Smuggling-Tunnel Millionaire

(BBC News) Jon Donnison - I was sitting on Abu Nafez's lush sprinkler-assisted lawn outside his palatial home in southern Gaza. Set back from the road behind an intricate wrought-iron gate, its mirrored, tinted windows bounced back the setting sun and its style included an alpine-chalet pine-roof. He had over 100 employees and was smuggling millions of pounds worth of goods into Gaza. But in just a matter of weeks, he says, 80% of the tunnels have already stopped operating, unable to compete with cheaper, better quality goods now coming in from Israel.

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