Why Is Egypt floods Gaza Tunnels

Egyptian security forces flooded the smuggling tunnels running between Egypt and the Gaza Strip this weekend, as Egypt seems to continue its commitment to restore order to the attacking Sinai Peninsula and simmer the flow of smuggled into the Hamas-controlled Gaza. hundreds of snakes underground passageways beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border, provides a way to maneuver around the Israeli economic blockade LED 2007 that came into force after the Islamic militant group controls the Gaza Strip. Tunnel that carries everything from food and medicine to the cement and steel, which provides up to 75 percent of the stock of goods racks Gaza, according to an analyst in Gaza City. Vents also facilitate the flow of weapons and fighters inside and outside the region. This poses a problem for Egypt, which is involved in the domestic industry instability.Though tunnel has contracted since Israel began allowing more goods through the crossing in 2010, the Gazans say they still need to complete the halls of what Israel permission to cross, create a tunnel necessary for the survival of the population of 1.6 million.Despite hope that Egypt was sympathetic to Gaza after Mohammed Mursi Muslim candidates won brotherhood presidential elections in the country for free and fair in June, Mursi blockade has not subsided. Instead, after unknown militants launched an attack on the Egyptian military post that killed 16 soldiers in August, he appeared on television and vowed: "The security forces will exercise total control over all the territory Sinai, and make sure that they control. Those behind the attacks pay high prices, as well as those who cooperated with the attackers, either to them or anywhere in Egypt "Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula, especially the poorer north., Was seen as becomes distorted since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak last two years. Security forces captured the Sinai region and not brought back under control. After the August attack, Egypt, said the militants from Gaza, so they filled the tunnels dozens passageways.Flooding Egypt method chosen to closely watch the trade, to rely on rough board line corridor dug through the sand. Israel is relying on an already-bombing tactics used in recent wars, in November 2012, and in 2008 the operation Cast to Lead.In 2009, under the rule of Mubarak, Egypt began building an underground barrier to prevent 100-foot-tunneling in the metal wall is not very popular, promote the country's image Mubarak as an instrument of foreign policy of the United States and Israel. Wall failed to cut the flow of goods and trade underground completed.Working not always gamble, even without the efforts of Egypt or Israel to prevent it. Damage from collapsing tunnels and electrical fires in the hallway survive, even as Hamas began to set the Shaaer trade.Emad, owner of the tunnels in Gaza, recently told Bloomberg Businessweek that the owner is obliged to compensate the halls of their injured workers. Shaaer said he paid $ 7,000 for a hospital worker injured by a generator and $ 10,000 to the families of two people died working in the tunnel. Winter storms in January a fierce toll on the industry, some of the flooded tunnel collapsed and at least six killed, according to a non-governmental organization that is quoted in the Reuters report. Tunnel workers say they understand the risks but continued to ply the route because the salary is good, compared to what's available in poor enclave.Egypt movement as Hamas met in Cairo with Fatah, the more moderate Palestinian factions to discuss Reunification. Media reports indicate the two sides remain at odds over the creation of a Palestinian unity government.