Turns out that the underground smuggling tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip to Egypt have been used to transport more than weapons lately.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip can now be supplied with Kentucky Fried Chicken delivered via the tunnels, as CNN reported.
The American fast food is brought into the Palestinian territory by Al-Yamama, a delivery service that advertises on Facebook. The “finger lickin’ good” chicken doesn’t come easily to Palestinians in the Strip, however.
A 20-piece bucket can cost about $30, which is about three times the amount it sells for in Egypt. The delivery also takes about three hours to travel 35 miles from the KFC branch in al-Arish, Egypt, to Gaza, sometimes being stopped by Hamas policemen who check the deliveries for other prohibited items.
“Sometimes Hamas checks meals, sometimes the taxi picking up Sinai orders is late,” a spokesman for the delivery company told The Mirror.
Palestinians don’t seem to be thrown off by the higher prices and lengthy time it takes the food to be delivered, however.
“It has been a dream, and this company has made my dream come true,” Palestinian Rafat Shororo told The Christian Science Monitor after receiving his KFC.
“It’s delicious, even if it’s cold,” Abou Fares, a 22-year old student, told The Mirror.
Others in the Middle East are not as happy about the venture and took to Twitter to voice their disapproval.
Nothing says humanitarian crisis & ghetto-living like paying $18 for cold KFC smuggled into Gaza via Egypt tunnels. thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/n…
— Zach Novetsky (@ZNovetsky) May 15, 2013
so KFC now delivers to gaza, via the tunnels. takes four hours and doubles the price due to smuggling markup: bit.ly/181YZuk
— rahel aima (@cnqmdi) May 15, 2013
Hamas, while aware of the underground activity, has yet to do anything to stop the chicken delivery service.
