CAIRO (Ma'an) -- Egyptian security sources said Saturday morning that the armed forces had uncovered and destroyed a smuggling tunnel running under the Gaza-Egypt border that contained a large amount of explosives and mortar shells.
The sources told a Ma'an reporter in Cairo that the tunnel ran about 1,200 meters and the entrance was located inside of a house belonging to an Egyptian smuggler located on the Egyptian side of the border town of Rafah.
The sources said that the tunnel is believed to be one of the biggest in the area.
Egyptian army engineering units reportedly blew up the tunnel and were preparing to blow up the house as well, whose owner had managed to flee before the tunnel was discovered.
The opening of the tunnel was discovered under the floor tiles of a bed room.
According to the sources, the tunnel interior was covered with steel boards and the floor was made of iron bars covered with wood boards.
The tunnel was outfitted with electric lights and an internal communication network. A few meters from the opening, there was even a gate.
The sources added that army intelligence suggested that there were other smuggling tunnels in the area which could potentially run up to three kilometers into Egypt. more
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