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Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Policeman Major Abdul Hamid al-Ekar, who suffocated to death while in a cross-border tunnel under Gaza's frontier with Egypt, during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 11, 2019. Spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior in Gaza, Iyad al-Buzm, confirmed in a statement that Major Abed al-Hamid al-Aker, 39, and Subhi Saqer Abu Qirshein, 28, have suffocated to death inside the tunnel after inhaling unknown poisonous gases. Photo by Ashraf Amra

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Ashraf Amra
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© APA Images / Ashraf Amra
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APA-PH-2019-004752
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5,220 × 3,414 px · 17.8 MP
Location
Gaza Strip Rafah Palestine Egypt Rafah Governorate

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Palestinian Mourners gaza rafah suffocated Policeman Major Abdul Hamid al-Ekar tunnel cross-border frontier Egypt funeral

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A relative of Palestinian Policeman Major Abdul Hamid al-Ekar, who suffocated to death while in a cross-border tunnel under Gaza's frontier with Egypt, mourns during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Fe...
A relative of Palestinian Policeman Major Abdul Hamid al-Ekar, who suffocated to death while in a cross-border tunnel under Gaza's frontier with Egypt, mourns during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Fe...
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Policeman Major Abdul Hamid al-Ekar, who suffocated to death while in a cross-border tunnel under Gaza's frontier with Egypt, during his funeral in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip,...
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