Egyptian Army Continues Crackdown on Gaza Tunnels

(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - The Egyptian army continues to demolish the tunnels that link Gaza and Sinai. After destroying some 250 last month, the army flooded another 76 tunnels with sewage, after locating them by means of satellite information, probably in cooperation with the U.S. Dozens of trucks that arrived at the tunnels had to return to El-Arish, resulting in a wave of price rises in Gaza and economic damage to the Hamas government, which collects fees for the transfer of goods through the tunnels.


2013-04-08 00:00:00

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