Secret military documents obtained by Middle East Eye reveal the scale of Egyptian operations to destroy tunnels between the Sinai peninsula and Gaza built to circumvent the Israel-imposed blockade of the enclave.
According to the documents, more than 2,000 tunnels were destroyed by military engineers in the border city of Rafah between 2011 and 2015.
They also reveal that senior members of the armed forces ordered a feasibility study into a proposal to dig a canal along the entire border with Gaza as an alternative to destroying the tunnels.
The documents, leaked by an army insider, offer a rare insight into the military’s extensive operations in the North Sinai governorate.
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16 май 2024
