Two Palestinians die in Gaza tunnel
GAZA CITY (AFP) — Two Palestinians suffocated inside a tunnel used by smugglers under the border between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and Egypt on Sunday, local medics said.
Several Palestinians have died in similar incidents in recent months in the tunnels, which are used to smuggle arms, fuel and other supplies into Gaza.
The impoverished coastal strip has been under a crippling Israeli blockade since the Islamist Hamas movement -- which is sworn to the destruction of the Jewish state -- seized power in June 2007.
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