From the US border with Mexico to the frontier between the European continent with north Africa, everywhere in the world where you find a border you'll find networks of smugglers, if for drugs, people trafficking or weapons. You may ask, whats new? Well in Gaza tunnels have a use beyond smuggling. In Gaza tunnels serve as another opportunity to carry out terrorist attacks. The Israeli military carried out a military operation this week in the south of the Gaza strip on
the border with Egypt. The Israelis reported that they discovered seven weapons-smuggling tunnels in the southern Strip along the Egyptian border on Thursday. One of the tunnels was reported to be a kilometer-long tunnels were discovered near Dahiniye by an elite Engineering Corps unit and troops from the Golani brigade . The tunnels were found within two kilometers of the border with Israel and, according to the IDF, had been used intensively in recent months to smuggle weapons and explosives from Egypt into Gaza.
The troops destroyed the tunnels in controlled explosions. IDF sources said they had been large enough for people to pass through and were most probably used by terrorists to leave Gaza on their way to Iran or Syria for training. The Washington Times quoted the head of the Israeli intelligence agency, "Shin Bet, Youval Diskin, that since June terrorist factions have smuggled in to Gaza more than 70 tons of explosives from Egypt, bringing the total in its possession to 112 tons.
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the border with Egypt. The Israelis reported that they discovered seven weapons-smuggling tunnels in the southern Strip along the Egyptian border on Thursday. One of the tunnels was reported to be a kilometer-long tunnels were discovered near Dahiniye by an elite Engineering Corps unit and troops from the Golani brigade . The tunnels were found within two kilometers of the border with Israel and, according to the IDF, had been used intensively in recent months to smuggle weapons and explosives from Egypt into Gaza.The troops destroyed the tunnels in controlled explosions. IDF sources said they had been large enough for people to pass through and were most probably used by terrorists to leave Gaza on their way to Iran or Syria for training. The Washington Times quoted the head of the Israeli intelligence agency, "Shin Bet, Youval Diskin, that since June terrorist factions have smuggled in to Gaza more than 70 tons of explosives from Egypt, bringing the total in its possession to 112 tons.
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