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Massive Cigarette Smuggling Ring Into Gaza Uncovered
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Israeli customs seized over $63 million worth of smuggled cigarettes hidden in flour shipments arriving from Egypt at Ashdod Port. This incident is the latest in a series of smuggling attempts, with five other cigarette seizures occurring at Egyptian-Israeli crossings in the last two weeks. Hamas has vowed to stop taxing imports into Gaza following a strike by local merchants protesting the revenue-generating taxes.
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- Israeli customs seized over $63 million in smuggled cigarettes hidden in Egyptian flour shipments.
- Eight containers falsely declared as flour were found to contain hundreds of thousands of cigarette packs.
- Five other cigarette smuggling attempts from Egypt to Israel were foiled in the last two weeks.
- Hamas pledged to stop taxing Gaza imports after local merchants went on strike.
- The taxes previously generated millions of shekels monthly for Hamas.
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