GAZA CITY: A second Gazan was found dead on Sunday after the collapse of a tunnel on the Egypt border, the interior ministry in the Hamas-run enclave said.
On Thursday, rescue services said seven men had been trapped in the collapse.
Five were rescued, but on Sunday the ministry said they had retrieved the body of Mohammed Abbas of Rafah, after announcing the death of a man named as Fadi Abu Dan.
A local civil defence official described the underground passage from the southern Gaza town of Rafah into neighbouring Egypt as a “trade tunnel.”
The cave-in was caused by Egyptian flooding of the border zone in its campaign to stop smuggling, the official said.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s interior ministry said it had dissolved an association led by the head of the only Palestinian Shiite group for conducting “political activities” under the guise of charity.
“Al Baqiat Al Salihat association was recently dissolved because its administration had violated the law governing the actions of charitable organisations by engaging in political activities,” said a spokesman for the ministry controlled by the Hamas movement.
The spokesman, Iyad Al Bozom, did not provide details on the activities.
A month ago the association, which receives Iranian funding, had been warned to comply with the law, Bozom said.
“Since that did not happen, the association is now considered dissolved,” he said.
The head of Al-Baqiat Al Salihat, Hisham Salem, whose home was targeted by a bomb last month, in a statement condemned the “arbitrary decision lacking a clear legal basis” against his association.
On Thursday, rescue services said seven men had been trapped in the collapse.
Five were rescued, but on Sunday the ministry said they had retrieved the body of Mohammed Abbas of Rafah, after announcing the death of a man named as Fadi Abu Dan.
A local civil defence official described the underground passage from the southern Gaza town of Rafah into neighbouring Egypt as a “trade tunnel.”
The cave-in was caused by Egyptian flooding of the border zone in its campaign to stop smuggling, the official said.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s interior ministry said it had dissolved an association led by the head of the only Palestinian Shiite group for conducting “political activities” under the guise of charity.
“Al Baqiat Al Salihat association was recently dissolved because its administration had violated the law governing the actions of charitable organisations by engaging in political activities,” said a spokesman for the ministry controlled by the Hamas movement.
The spokesman, Iyad Al Bozom, did not provide details on the activities.
A month ago the association, which receives Iranian funding, had been warned to comply with the law, Bozom said.
“Since that did not happen, the association is now considered dissolved,” he said.
The head of Al-Baqiat Al Salihat, Hisham Salem, whose home was targeted by a bomb last month, in a statement condemned the “arbitrary decision lacking a clear legal basis” against his association.
Agencies
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