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Palestinian killed as smuggling tunnel collapses
Egyptian police say a smuggling tunnel beneath the border with Gaza has collapsed, killing one Palestinian.
- AP
- Published: 11:50 May 17, 2009
El-Arish: Egyptian police said a smuggling tunnel beneath the border with Gaza has collapsed, killing one Palestinian.
Police said the victim suffocated, while several other smugglers survived Sunday's accident.
Palestinians use such tunnels to bring food, clothing, fuel and even livestock into the impoverished Gaza Strip.
Egypt and Israel have blockaded Gaza since the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of it two years ago in a battle with its Palestinian rivals.
Israel has attacked the tunnels to try to stop Hamas from smuggling in weapons.
Egyptian police used heavy machinery to recover the body of the man killed on Sunday.
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