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| Egypt army steps up attacks on Gaza tunnels after Morsi ouster |
| 2013-07-22 |
| [Iran Press TV] Paleostinians in the Israeli-blockaded Gazoo Strip are in need of basic supplies as neighboring Egypt's military destroys most cross-border tunnels, Press TV reports. Since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian military has reportedly destroyed about 90 percent of the tunnels connecting Egypt and Gazoo, hindering the Gazooks from bringing in most of their basic goods like construction materials, food, and fuel. In this regard, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, front man Sami Abu Zuhri ...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest... told Press TV that the Paleostinian resistance movement has tried to negotiate an alternative for the tunnels with the Egyptian officials, but to no avail. "Egyptians authorities decided to shut down all the tunnels, now there are few working. We have been negotiating an alternative with the Egyptian side. We asked them to allow the goods to enter through the Rafah crossing." Abu Zuhri said, adding, "The tunnels are a main source of life to Gazooks. Mohsen Abu Ramadan, a political analyst, also stated that Egypt's decision signals "an upcoming catastrophe" if the two sides fail to find an alternative. |
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