Egyptian forces have arrested a Palestinian man trying to enter the country through a tunnel on the Gaza border, security sources said on Monday.
A border patrol arrested Palestinian Ahmed Nasser Abu Raba a in a tunnel near the memorial of the unknown soldier in the town of Rafah, said one of the sources, who asked not to be named.
Abu Raba a was trying to get out of the opening of the tunnel into Egyptian territory when he was caught, the sources said. They did not elaborate about whether any weapons or explosives had been seized in the arrest.
In the past two months, Egyptian security forces have arrested eight Palestinians in the Egypt-Gaza border area, three of whom were suspected of planning attacks on Israeli tourists.
Israel frequently complains about arms smuggling across the border and Egypt says it does its best to stop it.
