&lt;div class=&#34;meta image-caption&#34;&gt;&lt;div class=&#34;origin-logo origin-image &#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;&#47;span&gt;&lt;&#47;div&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;caption-text&#34;&gt;A Palestinian cleans a tunnel in Rafah, on the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2013 . The Gaza Strip&#38;#226;??s Hamas government and local smugglers accused Egypt Tuesday of flooding cross-border tunnels with sewage water in order to halt a thriving smuggling trade that has helped prop the local economy for more than five years. &#38;#40;AP Photo&#38;#47;Hatem Moussa&#38;#41;&lt;&#47;span&gt;&lt;&#47;div&gt;