What you call "terror tunnels" actually are between Gaza and the Sinai, in order to breach the illegal economic blockage.
Tunnels do not cost anything, because there is an excess of manpower due to the high unemployment Israel deliberately causes.
"Tunnels do not cost anything". They are made of air, which does not cost anything.
Mass unemployment was caused by Hamas taking over and firing rockets into Israel, after 2005, which forced Israel to stop allowing people from Gaza for some time. Israel employs thousands of Arabs from Areas A and B from Judea and Samaria and are paid better than the PA pays them. Gaza people also love to work in Israel.
BTW, never blame Egypt for what is happening in Gaza, only Israel. Seen the wall Egypt built to keep the people of Gaza out?
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Government expected to sign off on move Sunday; unemployment in Gaza, blockaded by both Israel and Egypt, is at around 50%, making work in Israel an attractive option
Government expected to sign off on move Sunday; unemployment in Gaza, blockaded by both Israel and Egypt, is at around 50%, making work in Israel an attractive option
www.timesofisrael.com
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[ The things one does not hear about in Gaza, unless one is willing to ]
The resurfacing of a 2012 report that 160 children died working in the Gaza tunnels has caused a media frenzy. But Hamas’ use of child labor should come as no surprise. In fact, the true numbers of such fatalities are likely to be higher.
The 2012 short documentary, “
Gaza: Tunnels to Nowhere,” reinforces the idea that the tunnels are manned primarily by youths. One of the young workers interviewed for the film described his feelings about the tunnels as follows:
Down there, sometimes it’s fun, at other times it’s scary. In reality, one’s always scared down there. Before you go down there, you pray. When you’re down there, you always keep on reciting your last prayers. In case something happens to you, you wish God will be gentle with you. It’s a really dangerous job. We call it ‘graveyard of the living.’ But we can’t find any other jobs, so we work in this business. It’s better than no work.
That such hazardous work often results in death is no secret to Middle Eastern news sources. International Middle East Media Center,
notes, “There have been dozens of Palestinians who were killed in numerous accidents in the tunnels, mainly after the tunnels collapse on them, while other were electrocuted by exposed wires.” Drownings and falls should be added to the list of hazards.
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Media reports like these proliferate, but probably more tunnel deaths have occurred than have been reported. All these accidents occurred in the tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, not the offensive tunnels that go into Israel, of which Israeli Defense Forces have uncovered more than 30. Palestinians have special reasons to keep these tunnels, and whatever mishaps occur in them, secret from the Israelis and the world.
Few organizations even attempt to provide overall figures for tunnel fatalities. One exception is the pro-Palestinian Al Mezan Center for Human Rights. A Feb. 23, 2013
electrocution brings their total number of tunnel fatalities since 2006 to 237, along with 599 injuries. The Center reports that only 13 of the fatalities were children, a suspiciously low figure given that children are widely reported that a majority of the workers are adolescents.
(full article online)
The resurfacing of a 2012 report that 160 children died working in the Gaza tunnels has caused a media frenzy. But Hamas’ use of child labor should come as no surprise. In fact, the true numbers of…
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