A Palestinian Dies and two others Injured in Rafah Tunnel Collapse

27 September 2009

At approximately 8:50am on Sunday 27 September 2009, Ismail Salama Abu Jlidan, 22, died in a tunnel collapse at Gaza-Egypt border near As-Salam neighborhood south Rafah town.
Mohammed Subhi Abu Sabla, and Rami Mahmoud Abu Khamash (40, 25 respectively) were injured.
According to medical sources at An-Najar Hospital, their injuries were moderate.
The death toll from tunnels collapses has reached 116 persons since 2006, 55 of them in 2009 alone.
During September 2009, six persons died and 51 were injured in different incidents