Egypt Destroys 60 Hamas Tunnels, 800 Homes

[Rhinodawg]

Egypt has destroyed more than 60 Hamas-run tunnels since it launched its campaign to bolster its security on its border with the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Ma’an new agency quotes a military source in the Sinai who said on Monday that Egyptian border guards have destroyed over 60 smuggling tunnels along the Gaza border since October 28. According to the source, a tunnel with a length of 1,500 meters was uncovered in Rafah and was placed under guard to be destroyed in the near future.

He added that seven tunnels were uncovered outside the buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza, which is currently under Egyptian development and construction. Five tunnels are 2,000 meters long, and the other two are 1,500 and 1,750 meters long.

Egypt has engaged in a broad-scope campaign to clear the border area completely of any structures as part of its preparations to implement a 500-meter (550-yard) buffer zone along Egypt’s 13-kilometer (8-mile) border with Gaza. This includes the destruction of the vast network of tunnels running from the Gaza Strip into the Sinai Peninsula.

http://unitedwithisrael.org/egypt-destroys-60-tunnels-800-homes-where-is-the-outrage/

[COLGATE4]

1. Waiting for the denunciations of the heartless

blood-thirsty Egyptians who destroyed 800 Palestinian homes.

[Rhinodawg]

2. Don't hold your breath.

I'm waiting for someone to call Egypt "a racist apartied state".

[COLGATE4]

3. Yep.

[Comrade Grumpy]

13. Sorry, that would be Israel. Egypt is just a dictatorial collaborator.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. united with israel is hardly a unbiased source. could you find a more legit source?

also, so far the reporting on this has been really low with no one reporting any civilian deaths.

i am not even sure this real, with no news even from other israeli sources like haaretz.

[Rhinodawg]

6. Then maybe you'll love this

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/military-source-egypt-destroyed-least-60-tunnels-along-gaza-border

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. notice that you are completely distorting what did happen

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29825889

this is nothing like when israel bombed civilians in gaza. Egypt cleared a zone and compensated those whose property was destroyed and flooded to prevent smuggling tunnels for reappearing.

[Rhinodawg]

12. LOL

from your article....

"Compensation has been offered to the displaced, except those whose homes are found to contain smuggling tunnels."

$ 20.00 and cab fare ?

enjoy yourself.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. why wont you answer my simple question, how many civilians died in this?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. so this is clearly gross reporting, if i were you i would delete this thread

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29825889



such shitty distortion of news, i would except better from DU

[Rhinodawg]

7. Well, they have a wonderful history of doing this...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/world/middleeast/egypt-sinai-peninsula-gaza-buffer-zone.html

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. what was the civilian death toll here?

[azurnoir]

11. Clearly what is being depended on is people not realizing the Gaza Egypt border bisects Rafah

and the home demolitions are taking place on the Egyptian side of the border

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. or people not realizing that this is nothing like the war that happened this summer

[azurnoir]

15. actually I think the reaction to the war this past summer is the reason for this

it reads to me like such stuff only get condemned when it's Israel doing stuff like home demolition to Palestinians but when Egypt does the same thing to Palestinians it's okay, but the fact is Palestinians are not really involved at all especially in the home demolitions, there is more but I won't go there

[kelliekat44]

10. This is why Israel wanted the military coup in Egypt. and we knew it. nt

[Aerows]

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