Tunnel collapse in Gaza – another mega-attack thwarted?

From Ma’an:

Gaza – Ma’an – A tunnel collapsed in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, injuring a number of people.

The casualties are believed to have suffocated in the incident, according to Mu’awiya Hassanain, the director of emergency and ambulance department in the Palestinian ministry of health.

Tunnels on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt are frequently used for smuggling goods, particularly weapons into Gaza from Egypt.

The last sentence seems irrelevant. The Al-Bureij camp is in central Gaza, far from the border with Egypt.

It is, however, relatively close to the Israeli security border in Gaza (see here for a huge detailed map.)

The most obvious explanation is that a large effort was underway to tunnel under the border to attack Israeli civilians, or to attempt to kidnap another Israeli soldier. Judging from the map, it could easily have been a mile long.

Imagine what Gazans could accomplish if they put their energy, creativity and talents to purposes other than killing Jews?

cross-posted to Elder of Ziyon 
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2 Responses to Tunnel collapse in Gaza – another mega-attack thwarted?

  1. Long_Rifle says:

    Isn’t there some kind of technology that can hear tunnels being built?

    I wonder how long it will take before the UN blames Israel and it’s wall for these deaths.

    How hateful does a person have to be to TUNNEL into a country just to murder innocent civilians?

  2. Michael Lonie says:

    As hateful as a Palestinian Arab. They have been screaming “Kill the Jews” and acting on the sentiment for over 85 years. I see no indication that they will stop in the forseeable future.

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