Man dies in Gaza tunnel , medics

4 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2011 الساعة . 01:09 ص   بتوقيت القدس

 

Gaza-Interior  Ministry

Medical sources , a young man was electrocuted on Sunday morning in a Rafah smuggling tunnel.

Bilal Islim, 25, died at 7.30 a.m. from an electric shock sustained while working in one of the tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border, medics added .

Notably , 160 Palestinians have died in the network of underground tunnels since Israel imposed a siege on the Gaza Strip in 2006.