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Egyptians take over tunnel, seize cement bound for Gaza
Ma'an - Cairo security sources said Egyptian forces took over a Gaza smuggling tunnel near the Salah Ad-Din area at the border with Gaza on Thursday. Some 11 tons of cement were seized, they said.The same sources added that Egyptian authorities managed to commandeer some 250 cement trucks intended for Gaza. They said Egypt had discovered around 400 tunnels since Israel's siege on Gaza began in 2006. Also on Thursday, Egyptian authorities arrested four Eritrean migrants who attempted to cross into Israel through its Sinai Desert border in search of work, security sources said. The sources added that the four paid 1,000 US dollars to foreign smugglers to help them enter Israel in search of work. In a separate incident, security sources said smugglers and Egyptian police traded gunfire on the Egypt-Israel border, 15 kilometers from Kerem Shalom. An Egyptian officer was injured when his machine gun jammed and a bullet exploded in the chamber, the sources reported. The officer was taken to a hospital in the city of Rafah, on the border with the Gaza Strip. Posted by: Fred 2009-10-02 |
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