3 killed in Gaza tunnel collapse say medic, 4 killed this weelk

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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Three men were killed when a smuggling tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border collapsed on Saturday, medics said.

Zuheir Qassem, 25, and two other unidentified men were killed when the Rafah tunnel collapsed.

On Thursday, 23-year-old Walid Nasser Marouf, from Beit Lahiya, died in a tunnel under Gaza's border with Egypt near Rafah, officials said.

Medics say over 160 Palestinians have died in the network of underground tunnels since Israel imposed a siege on the Gaza Strip in 2006. more

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