Egypt destroys more tunnels from Gaza that enabled jihadist attacks in Sinai

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Egypt has destroyed 20 tunnels it recently discovered near the Gaza Strip border.

Palestinians work to repair a smuggling tunnel, that was flooded by Egyptian security forces, beneath the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip on Nov. 26. /Reuters
Palestinians repair a smuggling tunnel that was flooded by Egyptian security forces on Nov. 26. /Reuters

The Egyptian army has destroyed a large number of the tunnels amid President Abdul Fatah Sisi’s crackdown on Hamas’s network of smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Sinai.

The tunnels have been used to smuggle arms to jihadists who have carried out deadly attacks on Egyptian security personnel in Sinai.

In a Dec. 7 announcement on its official Facebook page, Egypt’s military said the tunnels were found and destroyed in November.

Israel and Egypt have maintained a blockade on Gaza since Hamas seized control in 2007.

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