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Gaza Tunnel Authority suspends work amid heavy rainfall
 GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The Gaza government announced Friday it has closed tunnels under Gaza's border with Egypt due to heavy rainfall in the area.Mahmoud!You all right down there? ....glug glug glug What did he say? He said...glug glug glug. Gaza's border authority told Ma'an that the tunnels were shut on Thursday night, and will be opened again on Sunday. Hey! We gonna get paid for this? See ya union rep! And put that shovel back! During severe floods in January, at least three tunnel workers were killed after the structures collapsed around them. Actually, it sounds like they collapsed "on" them... A human rights group in Gaza urged the government to implement better safety measures and assess the benefits of the network as a whole, saying 232 people had been killed in collapsing tunnels. Yeah, this'll occupy PCHR until little Yasser blows himself up with one of daddy's homemade grenades. Probably tomorrow... The tunnel network developed as a vital source of goods under Israel's blockade of the coastal strip and Egyptian restrictions on the official Rafah crossing point. It's for the children... Posted by: tu3031 2013-02-02 |
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