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Gaza Underground: A Look Inside Palestinian Smuggling Tunnels (PHOTOS)

From a bride and groom to a calf, see striking images from Palestinian tunnels beneath the Gaza-Egypt border.

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By The Daily BeastJul 18, 2014

galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-2a_h0frwa — A Palestinian man hangs from a rope in the entrance to a tunnel in Gaza City, Gaza, in January 2014.
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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-1a_lcijri — A Palestinian man stands in a tunnel beneath the Egypt-Gaza border in January 2014.
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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-3_ay4lra — A Palestinian man is lowered into a smuggling tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in September 2013.

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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-5_j7myxi — A Palestinian works inside a smuggling tunnel flooded by Egyptian forces beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in February 2013.
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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-1_j3xqf3 — A Palestinian smuggler holds a barrel in a tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border in September 2012.
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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-6_op6wjy — A Palestinian smuggler speaks on a phone with other smugglers in a tunnel beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border October 2008.

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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-2_ttuvnz — Smugglers carry food from Kentucky Fried Chicken to be delivered through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt in May 2013.
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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-4_vrbzqi — Palestinian groom Emad al-Malalha, 21, walks with Manal Abu Shanar, 17, his Egyptian bride, inside a smuggling tunnel beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in March 2013.
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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-7_yvgakn — A Palestinian smuggler hauls a calf out from a tunnel that goes beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in October 2008.
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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-9_qearem — Tunnel workers toil inside a smuggling tunnel dug beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in October 2013.
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galleries/2014/07/18/gaza-underground-a-look-inside-palestinian-smuggling-tunnels-photos/140718-gaza-tunnels-8_nuzvby — Palestinian tunnel workers smoke cigarettes as they rest inside a smuggling tunnel flooded by Egyptian security forces beneath the Gaza-Egypt border in September 2013.
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