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GAZA, Sept 24 (KUNA) -- Two Palestinian tunnel workers were killed and six
others were injured, some seriously, in a gas blast at a border tunnel in
Rafah city, south Gaza Strip, on Friday, said medical sources.
The accident took place in Al-Salam district on the borders with Egypt, the
sources told reporters here.
They identified the two killed persons as Bassam Abu-Ziyadah, 33 and
Mohammad Abedine, 25; both from Khan Yunis, south Gaza Strip.
The six injured persons were rushed to a Rafah hospital.
The tunnels, used for trafficking foodstuffs, medicines and fuel from Egypt
to the besieged people in Gaza, are believed to be one of the main sectors of
employment.
Dozens of Palestinians fell victim to similar accidents over the last four
years since the Israeli occupation authorities imposed the inhumane blockade
on the territory in June, 2007. (end)
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