The 20yr-old Gaza militant, a member of Hamas’s armed wing, was pronounced dead en route to hospital.
By JPOST.COM STAFF
A Palestinian Hamas operative was killed on Monday morning as a tunnel collapsed on top of him east of Gaza. Several reports named the man as 20-year-old Anas Musa Abu-Shawish, a Gaza resident and a member of Hamas’s armed wing, the Izzadin Kassam Brigade.
Abu-Shawish was evacuated to receive medical treatment following the tunnel’s collapse but was already pronounced dead en route to the hospital.
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Incidents like this are not uncommon.