Gaza Strip – The Gaza Health Ministry says a Palestinian was killed in an accident while working in a “military tunnel” used by Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group.
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It said Ahmed Mayyat was killed and three others were injured Thursday without elaborating.
Mayyat was a local contractor hired by the Islamic Jihad to remove a bomb from the tunnel, the group said. Local media reported he also worked for several international aid organizations in Gaza on a freelance basis.
Gaza militants have used underground tunnels to attack Israelis during the 2014 war.
Israel is building a massive underground barrier along the Gaza border to defend against the tunnels.
The levaya will be at McDonalds on Broadway…
Will Obama lower the flag to half mast to mourn the loss of this benevolent, peace loving Palestinian?
if not for the US funded UN none of this would happen.
Oh, there’s 99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer, if one of those bottles should happen to fall, there’s 98 bottles of beer on the wall. Vehameiven Yavein.
A lot of ‘accidents’ seem to happen to these tunnel diggers. Hopefully the Israelis are behind it all.
All’s well that ends well.