The Egyptian army is able to destroy tunnels

The Egyptian army announced the discovery of a main tunnel branching out of 3 tunnels in the northern Sinai town of Rafah on the border with the Gaza Strip.

Colonel Tamer Rifai said that "the army forces were able to discover and destroy the body of a main tunnel, 3 (3) other tunnels on the border strip south of Rafah," and added in an official statement that the tunnel contained inside the main control room with the middle of the tunnel, And an oxygen pipe.

Egypt is destroying tunnels discovered on the border with the Gaza Strip and used for smuggling.

A spokesman for the Egyptian armed forces, Col. Tamer Rifai, said in a statement on the official website of the social networking site , "the forces of the Second Army field to detect and destroy a main tunnel used by the elements of Takfir in various smuggling operations south of the city of Rafah."

The military spokesman in his statement did not give any date to destroy the tunnel.

Since the removal of the former Egyptian leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi, on 3 July 2013, the Egyptian authorities have tightened their security measures on their land and sea borders with the Gaza Strip.

Since mid-September 2015, the Egyptian army has started pumping large amounts of seawater along the border with the aim of destroying tunnels under it, in parallel with military operations in North Sinai and the Egyptian city of Rafah against gunmen targeting security and military headquarters.

Egypt says these tunnels are used to smuggle weapons to jihadist groups in the Sinai, which carry out operations against the army and police elements on the peninsula. Hamas says these tunnels are used to transport goods and food to the Israeli-besieged area. Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh announced on February 11 that Egypt and the movement had opened a new chapter in their relations, pointing to the improvement in traffic between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.

A delegation from the Hamas movement, headed by Haniyeh, visited Cairo in late January, which lasted several days during which he discussed with the leaders of the General Intelligence Service a number of files.