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July 29, 2014
At Least 160 Children Have Died Digging Hamas' Tunnels, as of 2011
And these do not seem to be deaths due to Israeli action -- just the natural consequence of setting children to work deep in the earth.
The author of the paper, Nicolas Pelham accompanied a police patrol in Gaza during December 2011. He reported that "nothing was done to impede the use of children in the tunnels, where, much as in Victorian coal mines, they are prized for their nimble bodies."
"You just got Harry Reid's attention!" emails Harry Reid.
He also found that "at least 160 children have been killed in the tunnels, according to Hamas officials." And, as noted, this was as of the end of 2011.