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Inhabitants of Egyptian Rafah demand end to IOF shelling of tunnels

[ 21/11/2010 – 11:01 AM ]

 

RAFAH, (PIC)– Inhabitants of the Egyptian border city of Rafah have asked their foreign ministry to pressure Israel into desisting from further shelling of tunnels on the borders with Gaza Strip.

The German news agency DPA said that the inhabitants left their homes and gathered in streets and public squares at a late hour on Friday and at dawn Saturday fearing injury with shrapnel resulting from Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) shelling of the tunnels area on the Palestinian side of Rafah.

It quoted individuals as expressing dismay at the IOF repeated raids on the tunnels, adding that the sounds of explosion and flying shrapnel were causing panic in their town.

They recalled that a number of casualties were inflicted in lines of the town’s people over the past two years as a result of the smashed windows.

They also asked the Egyptian government to demand compensations for the material losses they sustained during the Israeli war on Gaza especially in their farms.

IOF warplanes launched a series of raids on southern Gaza Strip over the weekend.

Inhabitants of Egyptian Rafah demand end to IOF shelling of tunnels.