Palestinian killed in a Tunnel in Rafah

On Friday, 24th May 2013, at approximately 10:00 pm, medical sources at Abu Yussif Al Najjar Hospital announced the death of Hamada Awda Ghanim Abu Shalouf, 20, a resident of al Salam neighborhood, south of Rafah.
Abu Shalouf was dead as a result of suffocation while he was working inside a tunnel in Rafah.
Since 2006, it is estimated that the number of persons killed in Tunnel’s accidents has reached 242 persons.
Of those, 14 children, and 20 have been killed in Israeli bombing towards the tunnels.
In 2013 alone, 12 persons were killed in the tunnels including two children.