AL-SISSI ORDERS ALL GAZA TUNNELS DEMOLITION

      Cairo, 8 Ramadhan 1434/16 July 2013 (MINA) – The General Command of Egyptian Armed Forces have ordered the demolition of all tunnels between Gaza and Egypt during the next few days before the start of the security operation in Sinai against armed groups.

      The operation aims to prevent any “dangerous elements” from infiltrating into the Egyptian territories to target the Egyptian national security, the General Command claimed, Seventh Day Egyptian website revealed as quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).

       Army chief General Abdel  Fattah al-Sissi has given directives to Major General Staff Taher Abdullah, head of the engineering corps, to destroy the tunnels in a short period by bulldozers or water immersion to thwart any attempt to target the Egyptian national security or to smuggle food or fuel products to Gaza in light the economic crisis prevailing in Egypt.

The sources added that the Egyptian Army leadership ordered to check all names that entered Sinai through the Rafah crossing during the past 6 months in order to arrest any suspect that belongs to “extremist groups”.

Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza have been the main life line to the 1.7 million residents of Gaza since the Israeli siege was imposed in 2006 following Hamas’s victory in the Palestinian parliamentarian elections which was internationally agreed upon. (T/P01/E1).

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)