A tunnel collapsed in Gaza today. Several people were reportedly injured.
Maan News reported:
Gaza – Ma’an – A tunnel collapsed in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, injuring a number of people.
The casualties are believed to have suffocated in the incident, according to Mu’awiya Hassanain, the director of emergency and ambulance department in the Palestinian ministry of health.
Tunnels on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt are frequently used for smuggling goods, particularly weapons into Gaza from Egypt.