Cigarettes, Arms, Militants Pour Through Gaza Tunnels ; Pressure On Egypt to Crack Down On Border Passages

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip Gazans are finding an antidote to their growing isolation: digging tunnels under their border with Egypt to smuggle everything from weapons to cigarettes to people.

A group of smugglers recently gave an Associated Press photographer rare permission to accompany them as they dug a tunnel. In underground darkness with stifling heat and limited air supply, the diggers painstakingly removed sand and rubble as they crawled through cramped spaces carrying portable lamps and homemade tools.

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Cigarettes, Arms, Militants Pour Through Gaza Tunnels ; Pressure On Egypt to Crack Down On Border Passages

The southern Gaza town of Rafah has long been a key conduit for underground weapons-smuggling mostly controlled by a handful of local clans. With Israel i...

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