Egypt on Monday denied the existence of operational tunnels between its borders and the Gaza Strip, after Israel said it had removed dozens of them.
An anonymous senior Egyptian source said there are no operational tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
He told the state-affiliated al-Qahera News TV that Israel has not provided evidence of the presence of tunnels on its Gaza borders and that reports of tunnels in the Israeli media are intended to “justify the continued aggression against the Gaza Strip.”
He added that the aim is to “spread false accusations to achieve political goals” and to cover up the “failures” in Gaza.
On Sunday, the Israeli military reported that a three-meter-high tunnel was discovered early last week in the area of the Philadelphia Corridor, a narrow strip along the border with Egypt near Rafah on the Gaza side.
