Hamas appeals to Egypt over closure of smuggling tunnels

GAZA - Egypt@@@s crackdown on smuggling tunnels along its border with the Gaza Strip is making shortages ever tighter and has forced the enclave@@@s Islamist Hamas rulers to consider urgent alternatives.
Hamas officials asked Egypt late on Monday to consider alternative trade routes, such as a free trade zone, a direct deal that could boost Hamas tax revenues and circumvent rival Fatah@@@s and Israel@@@s control of official imports to Gaza.
Egypt started closing the tunnels after the Aug. 5 attack in Sinai when gunmen killed 16 Egyptian soldiers. Egypt suspects the tunnels were used by some of the militants. Hamas says no-one from Gaza was involved in the attack.
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