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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Man killed in tunnel collapse
2010-06-01
[Ma'an] A young man was killed in a tunnel collapse under the Egypt-Gaza border on Monday, medics told Ma'an.

Medical sources identified the victim as Sameer Abu Setta, 23, from Der Al-Balah, who said he was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Abu Yousef An-Najjar Hospital.

Abu Setta was in the tunnel when it collapsed in the As-Salam neighborhood in the border city of Rafah, southern Gaza, sources added.

Separately, chief of ambulance and emergency services Muawiya Hassanein said a man drowned along the Al-Mawasi beach west of Khan Younis and was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Khan Younis Hospital on Monday.

Hassanein identified the man as Khaled Walid Amer, 20.
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