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The Tunnels of Gaza (35 images)

Israeli troops moved into Gaza last week in an attempt to eliminate networks of tunnels under the Gaza-Israel border, which it says Hamas uses to penetrate Israel and carry out attacks.



IDF soldiers investigate a tunnel found in a home in Rafah used for smuggling weapons into Gaza on January 5, 2004. The tunnel was found under a stove in the home and leads to Egypt. (UPI Photo via Pool)
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Palestinians carry goods from a tunnel that runs under the border between southern Gaza and Egypt, in the Rafah refugee camp on October 3, 2008. The Egyptian government uncovered and demolished dozens of tunnels running between Egypt and Gaza, reported last week the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot. Palestinians rely on smuggled food and medical supplies through tunnels from Egypt. Israel has closed the crossings with Gaza for legal import goods. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)
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Palestinians carry goods from a tunnel that runs under the border between southern Gaza and Egypt, in the Rafah refugee camp on October 3, 2008. The Egyptian government uncovered and demolished dozens of tunnels running between Egypt and Gaza, reported last week the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot. Palestinians rely on smuggled food and medical supplies through tunnels from Egypt. Israel has closed the crossings with Gaza for legal import goods. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)
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Palestinians pull a sack of smuggled goods from a tunnel that runs under the border between southern Gaza and Egypt, in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza on June 27, 2008. Last week Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya said that despite the truce with Israel the smuggling into the Hamas-controlled Gaza would not be under his government. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)
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