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Both CBS and NBC had correspondents along the border between Gaza and Egypt where Israel dropped 100 tons of explosives in a single mile-long section in an attempt to close cross-border tunnels. NBC's Richard Engel crawled down to show us the "extraordinarily claustrophobic" space 18 yards below ground where smugglers work. CBS' Allen Pizzey conceded that some of the tunnels were used by Hamas guerrillas to import weaponry but "most of the others belong to merchants" seeking to evade the Israeli economic blockade of the Gaza Strip. "At the end of each commercial tunnel is an Egyptian businessman who splits the profits from food to clothing, household goods and electronics." All along the border, burrowing workers were busy repairing their infrastructure. "It is unclear if the political reality has changed in Gaza and if Hamas is any weaker," pondered NBC's Engel.
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