NEW Gaza tunnels: “we smuggle everything - except weapons”

Many of the daily goods in Gaza’s market arrive via these tunnels, whose openings emerge into little outhouses or discreet courtyards.

‘In this neighbourhood nearly everyone operates a tunnel,’ explains Al-Hajj Fadhel, whose four wives and numerous offspring live in a two-room house.

‘We smuggle anything we can sell - everything except weapons,’ he says proudly. ‘Through these tunnels come chewing gum and biscuits for Palestinian children, plus nappies, chickpeas and tinned foods.’

/you see, the Good Fairy provides the weapons