Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels
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The Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels are smuggling tunnels that had been dug under the Philadelphi Route along the Egypt–Gaza border. They were dug to subvert the blockade of the Gaza Strip to smuggle in fuel, food, weapons and other goods into the Gaza Strip. After the Egypt–Israel peace treaty of 1979, the town of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, was split by this buffer zone. One part is located in the southern part of Gaza, and the smaller part of the town is in Egypt. After Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, the Philadelphi Corridor was placed under the control of the Palestinian Authority until 2007, when Hamas seized power in 2007, and Egypt and Israel closed their borders with the Gaza Strip.
Smuggling tunnel in Rafah (2009)
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| commons | image | Smuggling tunnel in Rafah (2009) | Commons | ||
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| commons | image | War in Gaza 088 - Flickr - Al Jazeera English | Commons | ||
| commons | image | War in Gaza 081 - Flickr - Al Jazeera English | Commons | ||
| commons | image | War in Gaza 093 - Flickr - Al Jazeera English | Commons | ||
| commons | image | War in Gaza 056 - Flickr - Al Jazeera English | Commons | ||
| commons | image | War in Gaza 057 - Flickr - Al Jazeera English | Commons | ||
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