ISMAILIA, Egypt, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces discovered six smuggling tunnels linking Egypt with the Gaza Strip this week, including one with an entrance concealed in a private home, security sources said on Wednesday.

One tunnel was found in a house used by a Palestinian resident of the Egyptian border town of Rafah who told police of the location of four other tunnels. The sources said the tunnels appeared not to have been used for some time.

A sixth tunnel, found in an agricultural area, contained large quantities of cigarettes and tobacco used in traditional Arab water pipes.

Israel has accused Egypt of not doing enough to stop smuggling into Gaza.

Egypt has said weapons, ammunition and drugs smuggling through the tunnels have fallen since the Islamist Hamas movement took control of the Gaza Strip in June. (Reporting by Yusri Mohamed; Writing by Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Robert Woodward)

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