(Ma'an) -- A smuggling tunnel underneath the Egypt-Gaza border collapsed on Tuesday morning killing a young man from Khan Younis, medics said.Medics in the Gaza Strip identified the man as 29-year-old Ahmad Rabee.
The victim had been missing for hours after the tunnel collapsed in the Brazil neighborhood of Rafah before his body was found.
Eight Palestinians were killed while working in smuggling tunnels in September. Medics say over 160 have died in the network of tunnels since Israel imposed a siege on Gaza in 2006.
Under Israel's crippling blockade, the tunnels have provided a lifeline for residents of the coastal enclave.
Egypt's re-opening of the Rafah border eased the impact of the siege for some residents, who were able to leave Gaza freely for the first time in years, but the terminal is not equipped for the transfer of goods and it has had little impact on the siege.