Friday, October 10, 2008

HAMAS/GAZA: Hamas to regulate Gaza tunnels

The Hamas government in Gaza has issued new ordinance under which all underground tunnels connecting the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with its Egyptian side, must be register with local bureaus and connected to the city's power grid, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday...The area surrounding Gaza's border with Egypt is believed to have some 200 tunnels running underneath it, each nearly a mile long. The families formed an association dubbed "the association of tunnel casualties," and are said to be pressuring Hamas' government to order the tunnel owners to pay them restitution, as well...(Ynet).

Full Article: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3607233,00.html

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