EgyptPalestineWest Asia

4 Palestinians die as zionist Egypt Regime floods Gaza tunnel

16ad479a-7f55-4cdc-bad0-dd42dc03dec7

 

Emergency workers in Gaza have recovered the bodies of 4 Palestinians who had gone missing in a tunnel running under the coastal enclave’s border into Egypt.

Palestinian sources say Egyptian officials flooded the tunnel, resulting in the deaths. The rescue workers found the fourth body on Sunday after a week of search.

No comments have been made by the Egyptian army yet.

In recent years, the Egyptian military has used wastewater and sea water to flood Gaza tunnels.

Cairo has been repeatedly criticized for its complicity in the siege of Gaza, shutting the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian strip and destroying hundreds of tunnels.

In September 2015, Egypt built huge pipelines along the Gaza border and flooded the last remaining tunnels.

The population in Gaza relies on underground routes to bring in basic commodities. The densely-populated area, home to over 1.8 million Palestinians, has been under a crippling Israeli siege since 2007. The blockade has resulted in unprecedented levels of unemployment and poverty.

Back to top button