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Minister says Egypt flooded Hamas Gaza tunnels at Israel’s request

Sunday 7-February-2016

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC)– Israel’s energy minister Yuval Steinitz called for following the Egyptian model of flooding Gaza border in order to find out and destroy resistance tunnels.
Minister Steinitz said Saturday during an event in the southern city of Beersheba that the Egyptian military had flooded several tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip’s southern border at Israel’s request.

The energy minister said that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi had ordered the destruction of numerous tunnels built by Hamas at Israel’s request.

“Security coordination between Israel and Egypt is better than ever.
The best means to end the threat of Hamas Gaza tunnels is flooding the border with water” Steinitz said.

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