The Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed in an accident in one of its border tunnels in southern Gaza. The Brigades said that Saleh Youssuf Al-Basheety, 23, was one of its senior fighters. Dozens of Palestinians were killed in numerous accidents in the tunnels, mainly after the tunnels collapse on them, while other were electrocuted by exposed wires. At least 232 Palestinians have also been killed in tunnel collapse accidents since siege was clampedd on Gaza. This number includes at least 20 Palestinians killed after the Israeli army bombarded several tunnels as they were in them.