5 Palestinians killed after Egypt forces detonate smuggling tunnels

[Behind the Aegis]

At least five Palestinians were killed and four others were wounded on Tuesday when Egyptian forces blew up two smuggling tunnels beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border, medical workers and residents said.

Residents said the tunnels, used to bring goods from Egypt into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, collapsed when Egyptian soldiers detonated explosives in an attempt to curb smuggling.

Egyptian officials were not immediately available for comment.

Many Gazans use tunnels to bypass an Israeli blockade that was tightened after Hamas Islamists seized the coastal strip last year.

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[aquart]

1. Now why would Egypt do that?

[Pterodactyl]

2. Because the smugglers are making a mockery of Egypt's territorial sovereignty.

And you know how sensitive those Egyptians are.

[Vegasaurus]

3. I thought they were just bringing in coffee and ciggies

you mean, they were smuggling in something else?

:sarcasm: