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With more than a thousand smuggling tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border, the supply of even consumer goods is diverse and plentiful in the markets of Gaza, as seen here in a December 20, 2009 image of a Palestinian couple shopping for home appliances from Rafah, Gaza. Despite the 22 day Israeli offensive last year in Gaza, tunnels have proliferated to the point where the vast supply of goods has exceeded demand, causing prices to dramatically fall and tunnel profits to plummet.

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Copyright: 2009 Scott Nelson
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With more than a thousand smuggling tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border, the supply of even consumer goods is diverse and plentiful in the markets of Gaza, as seen here in a December 20, 2009 image of a Palestinian couple shopping for home appliances from Rafah, Gaza. Despite the 22 day Israeli offensive last year in Gaza, tunnels have proliferated to the point where the vast supply of goods has exceeded demand, causing prices to dramatically fall and tunnel profits to plummet.