Palestine Press Agency writes that Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Suleiman blames Israel for the smuggling of weapons into Gaza (autotranslated, cleaned up):
Egypt says that one of the main sources [from which] Hamas receives arms and ammunition are Israeli army soldiers who sell them weapons and ammunition. Suleiman added that most of the smuggling of arms and explosive materials for the Gaza Strip are by sea and soldiers of the Israeli Navy failed to stop them.
Remember that Egypt stands to lose some $200 million in US handouts if it does not do more to stop the huge smuggling operations into Gaza, and any doubts they can plant about the reality would help their case.
Just yesterday, one of those mythical smuggling tunnels from Gaza to Egypt collapsed, injuring 3.
Aussie Dave adds: This was reported a number of weeks ago, and the Egyptians even distributed a document in Congress, making these assertions in a transparent effort to convince legislators to adopt the Senate version of the foreign aid appropriations bill (which does not mention the actual amount of $200 million to be frozen).
