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Palestinian killed after smuggling tunnel collapses
A Palestinian man was killed and four others injured after underground smuggling tunnels collapsed in the border town of Rafah, security sources said on Saturday.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:14 December 27, 2008
Gaza: A Palestinian man was killed and four others injured after underground smuggling tunnels collapsed in the border town of Rafah, security sources said on Saturday.
Walid Al Shurbaji was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
More than 50 people have been killed in similar incidents this year. Watchdog groups estimate that up to 600 tunnels are active.
Fuel, clothes and food are smuggled through these tunnels after Israel imposed a blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
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