Original sentence: Ahead of the Islamic festival, Eid al-Adha, they were used to transport live cattle.Egypt is constructing an underground steel barrier to prevent circumvention of the blockade through tunnels.Goods enter the Gaza strip either through border crossings with Egypt and Israel or are transported through tunnels dug between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.Israel accused Hamas of transporting weapons into Gaza via tunnels to Egypt, failing to stop rocket attacks, and noted that Hamas would not continue negotiating the release of Israeli hostage Gilad Shalit, who had been held by Hamas since 2006.Israel says they are used to "smuggle" what it claims to be "illegal" arms (e.Often cars are sliced into four parts and transported across and re-assembled in Gaza.The Israeli Navy's response was that it was checking for weapons.They have been used to transport people (in and out) and commercial materials like medicine, food and clothes, cigarettes, alcohol, and vehicle parts into Gaza
Edited sentence: Ahead of the Islamic festival, Eid al-Adha, they were used to smuggle live cattle.Egypt is constructing an underground steel barrier to prevent circumvention of the blockade through smuggling tunnels.Goods enter the Gaza strip either through border crossings with Egypt and Israel or are smuggled through tunnels dug between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.Israel accused Hamas of continued weapons smuggling into Gaza via tunnels to Egypt, failing to stop rocket attacks, and noted that Hamas would not continue negotiating the release of Israeli hostage Gilad Shalit, who had been held by Hamas since 2006.Israel says they are used to smuggle illegal arms (e.Often cars are sliced into four parts, smuggled across and re-assembled in Gaza.The Israeli Navy's response was that it was checking for smuggled weapons.They have been used to smuggle people (in and out) and commercial materials like medicine, food and clothes, cigarettes, alcohol, and vehicle parts into Gaza