Egyptian police blocks off 10 secret tunnels at borders with Gaza

Egyptian Security authorities blocked off on Sunday ten openings of secret tunnels at borders with the Gaza Strip.

The ten openings were located in a residential area north of Rafah crossing, a security source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian police seized huge quantities of ready- for-smuggling to Gaza timber, steel and cement in Rafah during a crackdown on a warehouse in the border area.

The seized 35-truckloads of building material were confiscated and transported to a governmental warehouse. Nobody was arrested in connection with the seized quantities of building material.

Since Israel imposed a tight blockade on the Gaza Strip in 2007 and closed down all commercial crossings with the enclave, the Palestinians dug hundreds of smuggling tunnels under the Gaza- Egypt borders to use them in smuggling goods from Egypt into the besieged enclave.

Source: Xinhua