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Egypt Increasing Efforts to Curb Gaza Smuggling


[Jerusalem Post] Yaakov Katz - Egypt has noticeably increased its efforts in recent weeks to curb the smuggling of weaponry and explosives from Sinai into Gaza, senior Israeli defense officials say. Egypt began significantly increasing its efforts following the firing of Katyusha missiles into Ashkelon two weeks ago. "The Egyptians finally understood that they could no longer deny that the smuggling was taking place," one official said this week. A senior Egyptian official said that U.S.-made tunnel-detection systems would be deployed along the border in the coming weeks.
2008-03-12 01:00:00
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