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Hamas used its tunnel network to smuggle billions in black market goods at premium pricing and high tax rates, as well as to smuggle weaponry and attack Israeli & Egyptian targets, while the Gaza-Egypt border was open for over a decade. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-67754837 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-plagued-poverty-hamas-no-shortage-cash-come-rcna121099 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/21/how-hamas-uses-its-tunnels-to-kill-and-capture-israeli-soldiers/ https://mackenzieinstitute.com/2023/11/hamass-top-leaders-are-worth-billions-heres-how-they-continue-to-grow-rich/#:~:text=often%20due%20to%20the%2020%20per%20cent%20tax%20on%20all%20smuggled%20goods%20brought%20through%20the%C2%A0organization%E2%80%99s%20network%20of%20underground%20tunnels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_tunnel_warfare_in_the_Gaza_Strip https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-poor-gaza-rich-hamas-1001461154 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Gaza_border#:~:text=halt%20the%20passage%20of%20weapons%20and%20militants%20through%20cross%2Dborder%20smuggling%20tunnels https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/05/03/as-israel-thwarts-smuggling-of-chemicals-for-long-range-rocket-production-hamas-evades-cement-limitations-by-using-fiberglass-to-fortify-terror-tunnels/ https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Egypt-begins-Gaza-border-evacuation-to-create-security-buffer-380182 https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/terrorist-use-smuggling-tunnels#:~:text=This%20article%20examines-,terrorists%27%20use%20of%20smuggling%20tunnels%20to%20finance%20terrorism%20and/or%20launch%20terrorist%20operations,-.%20Israel%27s%20Operation%20Pillar
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