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Last update - 15:36 25/06/2008 Egypt finds seven smuggling tunnels, arms cache near Gaza border By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service Tags: Egypt, Gaza Strip  An Egyptian security official said Wednesday that border guards discovered seven underground smuggling tunnels at the border with the Gaza Strip. The official said that some of the tunnels, found north of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza, were used to pump fuel to the Hamas-run coastal Gaza Strip. The official also said that police found eleven stacks of hashish separately near the volatile border. Smugglers had fled and left the drugs behind. Police also came across an ammunition and arms cache left over from the 1967 Six-Day War near the town of el-Hassana in central Sinai. Advertisement The official, who supervised the operations, said the finds were made Tuesday and Wednesday. Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniyeh had said Friday that the Islamist group would not stop smuggling activities in the territory, despite the fact that the issue was a central Israeli demand in an Egyptian-brokered Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Militant groups smuggle arms and ammunitions into Gaza through tunnels across the border with Egypt and on boats along the coast. Israel has also demanded Egypt step up efforts stop the flow of arms from its territory into Gaza. "We cannot talk about stopping smuggling because it is something beyond our ability as a government and we did not give a commitment in this regard," Haniyeh told worshippers before Friday prayers in Gaza City. But Egypt, who spent months working on the cease-fire agreement, said it would step up efforts to crack down on smuggling Related articles: Jihad threatens to continue rocket attacks, despite truce Hamas: Arms smuggling to continue despite Gaza truce Bookmark to del.icio.us   Haniyeh's plea Hamas leader in Gaza says rocket fire must stop for sake of Palestinians. Softening position Shin Bet agrees to free prisoners 'with blood on their hands' for Shalit.   1.   Hooray Egypt!!! Keep up the good works toward peace!!! 16:43  |  God Bless you. 25/06/08   2.   NO EVIDENCE OF ARMS SMUGGLING FOUND 17:12  |  Arik Silverman 25/06/08   3.   #2, Arik Silverman... 18:00  |  Silvienne 25/06/08   4.   more cockroaches found in the pantry 19:34  |  frenz 25/06/08   5.   Headline should read--- 20:09  |  Shloimele 25/06/08   6.   Egypt`s Ambassador to the UN 21:21  |  Lynn 25/06/08   7.   The map of lies 21:54  |  Paul 28/06/08

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