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Tunnel Closure Costs Gaza $230 Million Monthly
2013-10-29
[Ynet] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, official says Gazoo economy suffers loss of $230 million as result of Egypt's closure of tunnels that were used to smuggle goods into strip

Egypt's closure of tunnels used to smuggle goods into the Gazoo Strip has caused monthly losses of $230 million to its economy, a Hamas official said Sunday.

The "closure of the tunnels caused heavy losses to the industry, commerce, agriculture, transport and construction sectors" of around $230 million monthly, said Hatem Oweida, deputy economy minister for the Islamist movement Hamas that governs the strip.
Not to mention all the cement that isn't being brought in. No more tunnels, weapons depots, bunkers, and rocket launching sites...
Essential materials were for years smuggled from Egypt into Gazoo through tunnels, bypassing Israel's blockade, but the Egyptian army recently destroyed many of those after ousting president Mohammed Morsi
...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Time principle, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator...
of the Moslem Brüderbund, a Hamas ally.

Oweida said that the coastal Paleostinian territory had relied on the tunnels to meet at least 40% of its construction supplies and raw material needs.

Gazoo's unemployment rate would hit 43% if official border crossings remained shut and the tunnels were destroyed, Oweida warned.

He added that "public revenues saw a decline after the closure of the tunnels and the tightening of the siege in the second half of 2013," which he said would hit Hamas' employment and temporary work programs.

Israel first imposed its land, sea and air blockade on the coastal strip in 2006 after hard boyz there seized an Israeli soldier.

It was further tightened in mid-2007 when Hamas took control of Gazoo.

Essential materials were for years smuggled from Egypt into Gazoo through tunnels, bypassing Israel's blockade, but the Egyptian army recently destroyed many of those after ousting president Mohammed Morsi of the Moslem Brüderbund, a Hamas ally.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  and dead Egyptians
Posted by: Frank G   2013-10-29 12:35  

#1  Probably that little issue of weapons and fighters going from Gaza into the Sinai.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-10-29 10:33  

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