Smuggling tunnel on Gaza border
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Explosive cache found near Gaza
Egyptian police find 450 kg of TNT hidden in sacks near Rafah on border with Gaza Strip
An Egyptian security official says police have discovered 450 kilograms of TNT hidden in sacks near the country's volatile border with the Gaza Strip.
The explosives were found Monday in two buried deposits near Sheik Zuwayed – a village just west of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
The find comes as Egyptian police are cracking down on tunnels used to smuggle weapons, fuel, cigarettes and foodstuff to the Palestinians in Gaza. Police have found 10 tunnels north of Rafah crossing during the past 48 hours.
The tunnel-rich area was a target for air strikes during Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, and the IDF claimed at the operation's end that the Palestinians' network of tunnels was severely damaged by the strikes, but the smuggling was said to resume just a few days later.
