I really heart Gaza tunnels

"The tunnels have evolved into a unique economic infrastructure through which everything from people and vehicles to refrigerators and lions for the zoo are dragged. Tunnels are expensive to build so venture capitalists look for investors — anyone with enough ready cash to sink into a business that can make massive returns but can also be wiped out overnight. A cheap tunnel can cost $60,000 (£40,000), a deeper and more reliable one as much as five times that. Tunnellers also have to buy a permit from Hamas for $2,500. There is no shortage of would-be smugglers among Gaza’s 1.5 million people. The border area is as churned up as the battlefield of the Somme, piles of earth topped with endless white tents which act as cover for tunnel entrances and warehouses for arriving goods."