4 workers wounded by collapse of tunnel eastern Rafah

13 سبتمبر/أيلول 2011 الساعة . 11:49 م   بتوقيت القدس

Four Palestinian workers were wounded last night by the collapse of underground tunnels on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in the south of the Gaza Strip.

According to sources that four workers were injured by the collapse of a sand block within one of tunnels in Al Salam neighborhood in the east of Rafah, pointing out that the civil defense crews picked up them.

Whereas, four workers were taken to Martyr Abu Yousef Al Najjar Hospital to receive treatment.
It is worth mentioning that hundreds of tunnels are spread on both sides of the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, to bring food, goods and fuel to the besieged Gaza.