Cigarette smuggling has crippled aid delivery in Gaza as smokes go for $25 apiece
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Cigarette smuggling has become a dangerous threat to U.N. aid workers in Gaza, with Palestinian gangs attacking aid convoys in the region.
The smuggling operation only enhances the dangers for aid convoys operating in Gaza, which have already faced mobs of Palestinians stopping them in their tracks. Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
Demand for cigarettes skyrocketed in early May when Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. They closed the border to virtually all trade, cutting off a previously steady flow of tobacco products into Gaza.
Opportunists then began smuggling the product into the region via the aid packages coming in to United Nations facilities from all over the world.
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