AhlulBayt News Agency

source : palestine-info
Saturday

31 August 2013

7:30:00 PM
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Egyptian army blasts more tunnels in border area with Gaza

The Egyptian army detonated on Saturday evening five other tunnels on the Egyptian-Palestinian borders as part of its campaign against underground passages used by Gazans to bring vital needs to the besieged Gaza Strip.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Egyptian army detonated on Saturday evening five other tunnels on the Egyptian-Palestinian borders as part of its campaign against underground passages used by Gazans to bring vital needs to the besieged Gaza Strip.Palestinian local sources said that sounds of explosions rocked Salahuddin Gate area, east of Rafah, after the Egyptian army used explosive devices to destroy five tunnels there.Units from the Egyptian army still persist in a frenzied campaign to destroy all the tunnels that were dug by Gaza civilians to cope with the impacts of the blockade imposed on the Strip by Israel and Egypt.These tunnels had helped over the past years the Gaza population to survive the difficult humanitarian situation, especially during the two Israeli wars./149