Four Palestinians Wounded As Egypt Detonates Tunnel

Thursday April 01, 2010 08:56 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that four Palestinians were wounded when the Egyptian Security Forces detonated a siege-busting tunnel on the border between Gaza and Egypt.

One of the tunnels in Rafah - Palestine-Info

The Quds Press reported that four residents were moved to a local hospital in Rafah suffering moderate wounds as they were in the tunnel when it was detonated by Egypt.

The explosion also caused damage to a number of homes in Al Brazil neighborhood, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Furthermore, Egyptian security sources said that the security forces managed to uncover ten tunnels along the border with Rafah on Wednesday.

The forces detonated some of the tunnels on Wednesday afternoon, and intends to detonate the rest soon.

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