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Speaking at a Shabbos culture event in Beersheva, Minister of National Infrastructure, Water & Energy Dr. Yuval Steinitz explained that Egypt’s flooding of Gaza terror tunnels was done at Israel’s behest. He explained that Egypt agreed to comply with the request and the flooding was done in cooperation with the IDF.
The minister explained that for now the flooding is a good solution as Israel is trying to avoid another round of Gaza warfare. He added that despite reports to the contrary, Israel is not ignoring the tunnels but rather working hard to address the problem and there is no reason for residents of border communities to be afraid.
There were reports that Egypt flooded Gaza tunnels at the Rafiach side of the border a number of months ago and since then there have been rumors that Egypt has secretly been working with Egypt to prevent Hamas from rebuilding the tunnels.
It is added that despite Steinitz’s words, the actions of Egypt are also to the benefit of Egypt as Hamas’ military wing and ISIS in Sinai maintain close ties to Egypt is pleased to do what it can to cut ties between Gaza and Sinai for doing so is in Cairo’s interests no less than Israel’s.
Photos: One tunnel between Gaza and Rafiach that was detected.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: Media Resource Group)
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“It is added that despite Steinitz’s words, the actions of Egypt are also to the benefit of Egypt as Hamas’ military wing and ISIS in Sinai maintain close ties to Egypt is pleased to do what it can to cut ties between Gaza and Sinai for doing so is in Cairo’s interests no less than Israel’s.”
Can someone please fix this run-on sentence? It is not clear what the author is trying to say.
The sentence before it doesn’t make too much sense either. “Egypt has secretly been working with Egypt…”
since then there have been rumors that “Egypt” has secretly been working “with Egypt” to prevent Hamas from rebuilding the tunnels
Why on earth do Israeli politicians feel the need to publicize these things? It serves no purpose and can only reduce any cooperation from Egypt or any other Arab State with Israel.
BarryLS1, irreligious Israelis are puzzled at the hatred the nations have for the “Zionists” (i.e. the Jews). They are so starved for world recognition, they need to show the “world” that others also are against Hamas. This complex about themselves and the need to “prove” their worth always has negative consequence.