• filister@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    These tunnels exist long before Hamas, they were not used to smuggling weapons, etc. back then.

    The blockade of the Gaza Strip has caused a shortage of certain basic products, especially construction materials, fuel, some consumer articles, and medicines and medical supplies.[8][9] Import restrictions, including of basic building materials, have led to the proliferation of tunnels under the border with Egypt.[10][11] As Israel limits the Palestinian freedom of movement, for most Gazans the tunnels are the only way to move from and to Gaza.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_smuggling_tunnels