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Gaza tunnel network back to life

Published: 27 January, 2009, 09:44


A Palestinian enters a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip that runs under the Egyptian border (AFP Photo / Patrick Baz)

In southern Gaza merchants are busy rebuilding a complex network of underground tunnels used to bring in goods from neighbouring Egypt. Many of the passages were destroyed or badly damaged during the Israeli offensive.

 
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