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A masked Palestinian descending into a tunnel dug near the Gaza-Egypt border. (AP) Last update - 12:45 22/03/2008 Body of Palestinian pulled from collapsed Egypt-Gaza tunnel By The Associated Press Tags: Gaza, Egypt, Israel  The body of a 29-year Palestinian was pulled out from a collapsed smuggling tunnel between Gaza and Egypt on Saturday, hospital officials said. Five diggers were in the tunnel when it collapsed Friday. Four were rescued with serious injuries, and the body of the fifth, a 29-year-old man, was retrieved Saturday, hospital officials said. The tunnel had been shut down several days earlier by Egyptian security officials, and the diggers had returned to try to reopen it. Advertisement Palestinian smugglers have increasingly used tunnels to bring weapons and contraband goods from Egypt into Gaza since the territory was taken over by Hamas last June. Israel says anti-tank missiles, tons of explosives and thousands of rifles have reached militants in Gaza through this channel. The incident comes a day after a Palestinian was buried alive under another collapsed tunnel near the Egypt-Gaza border. The Hamas official accused Egyptian security forces of spraying a long-acting poisonous gas in the tunnel that collapsed Friday to smother smugglers. But an Egyptian border security official said this was nonsense, adding that the mouth of the 700-meter-long tunnel was destroyed using explosives several days ago. "Most likely, the smoke that has resulted from this choked the smugglers as they tried to reopen the tunnel," the Egyptian official said, speaking under customary condition of anonymity. Hospital workers in Gaza confirmed the smugglers were being treated for gas inhalation, but could not say what kind. Palestinian smugglers have increasingly used tunnels to bring weapons and contraband goods from Egypt into Gaza since the territory was taken over by Hamas last June. Israel says anti-tank missiles, tons of explosives and thousands of rifles have reached militants in Gaza through this channel. Related articles: IDF: 7 arms smuggling tunnels found under Gaza-Egypt border Israel demands that Egypt restore order at Gaza-Egypt border Egypt: No Gaza border deal without consent of Israel, PA Bookmark to del.icio.us   Declassifying AIPAC Two former pro-Israel lobbyists charged with revealing secret info. to Israeli diplomats. Jersualem pilgrimage Christian pilgrims flock to Holy City to mark Good Friday and retrace the route of Jesus.   1.   Does anyone else find this story funny? 22:46  |  Yered Shmuel 21/03/08   2.   Why dont they dig for water instead. 23:19  |  Stephen. 21/03/08   3.   Poison Gas? 00:19  |  Jeff Northridge 22/03/08   4.   We Dropped Concussion Bombs in Vietnam 00:46  |  Dave Levy 22/03/08   5.   Like Tunnels in the Sand....so will hamas...collapse 01:28  |  Avram 22/03/08   6.   #1 yered 01:40  |  ljf-canada 22/03/08   7.   This is really ridiculous 01:58  |  Dimitri 22/03/08   8.   Two suggestions for Hamas diggers 02:17  |  Morris Valentine 22/03/08   9.   WHERE IS JEAN VAN DAEM?? 02:19  |  J. Schaefer 22/03/08   10.   While #1 is not worth the energy...you Stephen 02:54  |  kiwi girl 22/03/08   11.   Kiwi girl#10 - a lame story just like Hamas` 04:34  |  William 22/03/08   12.   #2 - Gazans ruined their water supply long ago 04:37  |  William 22/03/08   13.   Hey Kiwi Girl 04:39  |  Jet 22/03/08   14.   Hamas is full control of gaza and soon 05:38  |  Bobby 22/03/08   15.   Yes Bobby, soon, just hold your breath until then, OK? 06:07  |  Mark Anthony 22/03/08   16.   Stephen, are they dumb? 07:17  |  x-ray 22/03/08   17.   Hamas,time to build fart proof tunels for your flatulent boys. 07:35  |  POP2 22/03/08   18.   Egypt and the Arab refugees. 08:11  |  Jean Van Daem 22/03/08   19.   Someone FARTED in the tunnel. 08:58  |  Magnify 22/03/08   20.   The medical reports must be true. 10:14  |  manny.b 22/03/08   21.   Jihad e. coyote 10:31  |  don 22/03/08   22.   and your information comes from where jet? 10:48  |  kiwi girl 22/03/08   23.   # 4 Violance pays 11:17  |  CM 22/03/08   24.   The devil in the collapsing tunnel 11:19  |  Yisrael Hazak 22/03/08   25.   I will never understand this 12:25  |  Stranger 22/03/08   26.   #10; kiwi girl and the facts: thanks william and jet 13:02  |  Doc Holliday 22/03/08   27.   Morris Valentine #8 13:47  |  S 22/03/08   28.   to # 11 william, you are right, pals are not cooperating 13:50  |  Zaki 22/03/08   29.   to #13 jet, we will see the end 14:08  |  Zaki 22/03/08   30.   X Ray, they are not bumb, but you are wicked 14:21  |  Zaki 22/03/08   31.   Zaki how can they be starving: 16:09  |  x-ray 22/03/08   32.   kiwi girl 10 16:28  |  ChanahS 22/03/08   33.   poisonous tunnels 17:38  |  PalFan 22/03/08   34.   Notice how Hamas is always blaming someone 18:29  |  RA 22/03/08   35.   could it mean something else... 19:25  |  Gabriel 22/03/08   36.   To S (#27): The `hole` truth ... 20:12  |  Morris Valentine 22/03/08   37.   What happened with the Philadelphi canal? 20:31  |  Yonatan 22/03/08   38.   A thief accusing the owner 20:42  |  Robin 22/03/08   39.   Wanna bet 20:44  |  Realist 22/03/08   40.   Not funny at all Yered (1) but sending a strong 20:57  |  Karl 22/03/08   41.   A certain Justice Yered Shumel 21:01  |  Mark Lincoln 22/03/08   42.   Zaki (29), right "the God of Abraham put (nearly you forgot) 21:26  |  Karl 22/03/08   43.   Zaski 02:23  |  Ra`a 23/03/08   44.   Gazan Water Crises Worsening (1997) 04:40  |  MaryRose 23/03/08

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