tunnels
Sinai: Calm by day, dangerous by night
Egypt
July 17, 2013
Sinai: Calm by day, dangerous by night
For more than a week since the beginning of the month of Ramadan, calm has been prevailing in the daytime…
Hamas: Egyptian army campaign against Gaza tunnels is political
Egypt
July 17, 2013
Hamas: Egyptian army campaign against Gaza tunnels is political
The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday said the Egyptian army has recently stepped up a campaign to…
Rafah border crossing open for humanitarian cases
Egypt
July 4, 2013
Rafah border crossing open for humanitarian cases
The Interior Ministry of the dismissed Hamas government said in a brief press statement posted on its website on Thursday…
Military finds car smuggling tunnel in Rafah
Egypt
April 16, 2013
Military finds car smuggling tunnel in Rafah
An unnamed source from the military reported Tuesday that border guards and an Armed Forces engineering division had found a…
Israel Gaza blockade study calculated Palestinians’ calories
World
October 17, 2012
Israel Gaza blockade study calculated Palestinians’ calories
Israel calculated the number of calories Palestinians would need to avoid malnutrition under its blockade of the Gaza Strip, according…
Military declares war on border smuggling tunnels
Egypt
August 9, 2012
Military declares war on border smuggling tunnels
The military has begun to destroy the tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border to stop infiltrators and smuggling, security sources said…
Egypt demands urgent investigation of Palestinian kidnappers
Egypt
November 15, 2011
Egypt demands urgent investigation of Palestinian kidnappers
Egyptian authorities requested Hamas to open an urgent investigation into three brothers of the Palestinian Shaer family, who kidnapped an…
Police destroy 4 smuggling tunnels at Gaza border
Egypt
November 1, 2011
Police destroy 4 smuggling tunnels at Gaza border
Police forces on Tuesday destroyed four smuggling tunnels at Egypt's border with Gaza, a source said.
Palestinian official: Hamas forbids prople passing though tunnels to Egypt
Egypt
October 25, 2011
Palestinian official: Hamas forbids prople passing though tunnels to Egypt
Ayoub Abu Shaar, the Palestinian director of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, said Hamas has…
Palestinian man killed in tunnel collapse
Egypt
October 25, 2011
Palestinian man killed in tunnel collapse
A young Palestinian man was killed early Tuesday morning when a tunnel collapsed at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt…