#GazaUnderAttack | The closure didn’t stop the Gaza tunnels

GISHA | July 28, 2014 Amos Harel called Israel’s policy on the tunnels in Gaza a “national strategic failure” in an article in Haaretz. Amir Oren wrote that even the state comptroller won’t manage to make sense of the policy. A story in Yedioth Aharonot’s magazine, 24-Hours, described a mechanism used for exposing tunnels on […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israeli cabinet decides to bomb tunnels east and north of Gaza

[ PIC 16/07/2014 – 02:41 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli Cabinet has decided to bomb underground tunnels east and north of Gaza Strip for allegedly being used to hide Hamas’s weapons. During its meeting on Tuesday night, the Israeli security cabinet discussed limited ground operation on border areas northern and eastern Gaza Strip. According […]

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VIDEO | Hamas: Egypt’s closure of tunnels causing $230mn in monthly losses

Published on Oct 28, 2013 A Hamas official says the closure of Gaza tunnels by the Egyptian army is inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli-besieged enclave. Deputy Economy Minister Hatem Oweida said the losses from tunnel closures on industry, commerce, agriculture, transport and construction sectors amount to around 230 million dollars each month. The official […]

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VIDEO | Secrets of Gaza resistance tunnel east of Khan Younis city to the occupied land

Oct 25, 2013 Incredible information about Hamas tunnel that was prepared for the abduction of Zionist soldiers to be exchanged with Palestinian prisoners. معلومات مذهلة عن نفق حماس الذي كان تم حفره لخطف جنود صهاينة ومبادلتهم بأسرى فلسطينيين Hamas has a Right to Dig Tunnels PNN | Published on Thursday, 17 October 2013 13:44 by […]

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Ghussain: Resistance tunnels legitimate means of self-defense

[ PIC 23/10/2013 – 10:48 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Ihab Al-Ghussain, the spokesman for the Gaza government, said that digging resistance tunnels was an internal affair and a legitimate method for self-defense. He said on his Facebook page on Wednesday that the Palestinian people and its resistance factions are entitled to take whatever means possible […]

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Hamas has a Right to Dig Tunnels

PNN | Published on Thursday, 17 October 2013 13:44   by Amira Haas / Haaretz Why shouldn’t Hamas dig tunnels? What makes a tunnel more “terrorist” than a navy boat firing on fisherman, or less of a security need than unmanned aerial vehicles? Each to his own resources in the arms race. In Israel, demonstrating […]

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Israel Escalates Gaza Blockade, Following Discovery of Underground Tunnels

  Tuesday October 15, 2013 11:18 by Palestine News Network – PNN Israeli officials froze the delivery of construction materials into the Gaza Strip following the army’s discovery of a 1.7 km long tunnel connecting Gaza to Israel. Israeli military official, Guy Invar, sites ‘security reasons’ to justify the recent freeze construction materials. The army […]

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Hamas: Closing tunnels without alternative permits occupation to blackmail Gaza

[ PIC 13/10/2013 – 09:02 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement condemned the closure of tunnels without providing an alternative in light of the occupation new announcement to prevent the entry of construction materials into the Gaza Strip. The movement spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said in a statement on Sunday that the current situation permits […]

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VIDEO | Egypt continues destroying Gaza tunnels

Published on Oct 5, 2013 The Egyptian military has destroyed most of the underground tunnels along the border with the Gaza Strip at a time when the costal enclave is suffering from a seven-year Israeli economic siege. Most Palestinians in the tiny sliver of land have for long considered the underground pathways as their lifeline. […]

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Egyptian official is happy that Gaza electricity plant stopped working

Middle East Monitor | Sept 18, 2013 Former Egyptian Electricity Minister Osama Kamal has appeared happy on a local Egyptian television network, rejoicing: “We succeeded in closing the only electricity plant in Gaza.” Speaking to a talk show on Egyptian Al-Hayat TV, Kamal attributed the news to “the great [and] successful efforts of the Egyptian […]

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Abu Zuhri: Demolishing tunnels threatens humanitarian situation in Gaza

[ PIC 04/09/2013 – 08:14 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement stressed its rejection to the demolition of tunnels before providing the alternative to the people of the Gaza Strip. Sami Abu Zuhri, the movement’s spokesman, told Quds Press that the Egyptian claim about ending the issue of tunnels on the border with Gaza to […]

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Two new tunnels exposed under Al-Aqsa Mosque

Al Ray Agencies | Sep 2, 2013   Jerusalem, Alray -The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage on Monday said Israel is expanding the tunnel network under the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through digging two extra tunnels. In a statement, the foundation said Israel Antiquities Authority started new excavations in the village of Silwan via digging […]

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Egyptian army destroys more tunnels in Rafah area

[ PIC 22/08/2013 – 07:56 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Egyptian army detonated at dawn Wednesday five tunnels and one house in Rafah border area between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. According to Quds Press, clouds of smoke billowed up in the Egyptian side of Rafah area, and sounds of explosions were heard on the […]

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Egyptian army destroys new batch of ‎border tunnels

Al Ray Agencies – Aug 20, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Egyptian army destroyed Monday morning a number of tunnels on the ‎Palestinian-Egyptian border to the south of the Gaza Strip to mark the toughest campaign ‎carried out by the military for months. ‎Eyewitnesses in Rafah said “Egyptian excavators east of Rafah city destroyed five ‎underground […]

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Abu Mazen becomes his own people’s butcher: Abbas rejects free trade zone with Egypt, calls to shut tunnels

Al Ray Agencies | Aug 4, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas refused on Monday evening the establishment of a free trade zone between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Abbas explained during a meeting with representatives of Egyptian local media in Cairo “this had not been previously discussed; the authority refuses to take […]

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