By CHERRIE HEYWOOD
HEBRON, West Bank -- The Palestinian Authority recently uncovered a massive underground tunnel belonging to Hamas in the southern West Bank city of Hebron as the Islamic movement attempts to expand its power struggle from Gaza to the territory controlled by the pro-Western and moderate PA President Mahmoud Abbas.
Hundreds of these tunnels exist in the southern Gaza strip and are used to smuggle a variety of items from Egypt including arms, animals, foodstuffs and ordinary everyday household items. Under Israeli siege the hermetically sealed and deprived territory relies on these to provide various necessities.
However, this was the first such discovery of such a secret tunnel in the PA controlled West Bank where Hamas is finding it increasingly hard to train its military wing and store weapons as the PA, backed by the Israelis, beefs up its operations against the group.
The tunnel's entrance was discovered under the home of a Palestinian family during a raid by Palestinian forces in the area. Read more ...
HEBRON, West Bank -- The Palestinian Authority recently uncovered a massive underground tunnel belonging to Hamas in the southern West Bank city of Hebron as the Islamic movement attempts to expand its power struggle from Gaza to the territory controlled by the pro-Western and moderate PA President Mahmoud Abbas.
Hundreds of these tunnels exist in the southern Gaza strip and are used to smuggle a variety of items from Egypt including arms, animals, foodstuffs and ordinary everyday household items. Under Israeli siege the hermetically sealed and deprived territory relies on these to provide various necessities.
However, this was the first such discovery of such a secret tunnel in the PA controlled West Bank where Hamas is finding it increasingly hard to train its military wing and store weapons as the PA, backed by the Israelis, beefs up its operations against the group.
The tunnel's entrance was discovered under the home of a Palestinian family during a raid by Palestinian forces in the area. Read more ...
Source: Middle East Times
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