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Medics: Gaza man dies in tunnel collapse
[Ma'an] A Palestinian laborer was killed Wednesday after a smuggling tunnel collapsed along the border between Egypt and Gaza. Muawiya Hassanein, director of ambulance and emergency services at Gaza's Health Ministry, told Ma'an that the body of 20-year-old Ibrahim Abu Lehia arrived at a hospital in the south. The incident comes a week after four Palestinians died and six were injured inside a tunnel in Rafah. Medics accused Egyptian forces of spraying a chemical as part of a crackdown on smuggling. Egypt denied using gas, but confirmed placing explosives inside a tunnel. Cairo has recently escalated its crackdown on the besieged Palestinian enclave, cooperating with Israel's blockade. Smugglers say officials are seizing goods almost daily, and regularly shutting down tunnel that serve as a lifeline to the coastal enclave's besieged populace. Posted by: Fred 2010-05-06 |
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