Egyptian authorities deported 30 Palestinians to the Gaza Strip yesterday because they were staying in the Sinai Peninsula without official residence. A security source said the Palestinians were deported back to Gaza through the Rafah border crossing. The source added that the Palestinians came to Egypt to organize commercial deals and then smuggle the goods through underground tunnels between Egypt and Gaza. In related news, the general manager of the supply department in North Sinai, Fathy Abou Rashid, said security campaigns to end oil and gas smuggling through underground tunnels from Egypt to the Gaza Strip will continue. Rashid said the campaigns have seized huge amounts of oil before being smuggled. A security source said the campaigns managed to seize 98 gas cylinders and 33,000 liters of oil before they were smuggled from Egypt to Gaza.