Hamas Enhances Gaza Tunnels
CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt, despite its Sinai offensive, has determined that
Hamas continued to enhance its smuggling tunnels to the Gaza Strip.
Officials said Hamas and its militia allies were improving smuggling
tunnels from the Gaza Strip to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. They said the
tunnels were being reinforced with concrete and steel to prevent Egyptian
demolitions.
"The new tunnels were meant to withstand flooding by the Egyptian Army,"
an official said.
On Nov 27, the Egyptian Border Guard discovered the first Palestinian
tunnel made of iron under the Sinai border. Officials said the tunnel was
located 10 meters north of the Rafah Border Terminal.
Officials said the iron tunnels, reported to reach 17, were meant to
withstand Egypt's project to construct a moat along the 14-kilometer border
with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. They said the tunnels contained walls made
of 40 centimeters of iron.
The tunnel reported on Nov. 27 was destroyed by a large quantity of
explosives. Officials said the Border Guard detected the 70-meter tunnel
after a flood failed to be absorbed into the ground.
"The tunnels were ordered by Hamas and funded by Qatar," another
official said.

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