Saturday, January 26, 2008

Egypt Closes Borders with Gaza, Hamas Bulldozes New Opening


From almasry-alyoum

"Small clashes erupted yesterday between Egyptian security forces and Palestinian citizens after the Egyptian forces closed the borders with the Gaza Strip as thousands of people tried to flee to Egypt for the third day running.

While soldiers used batons and water canons and shot some bullets in the air, some angry Palestinians threw stones before Hamas police intervened to stop them.

The authorities had gradually started to close the border. At first, they had warned the Palestinians through loudspeakers, then closed the city of Arish to prevent the Palestinians from getting in, and finally closed all Rafah gates......"

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