Hamas Opens New Hole In Egypt Border
Y-Net:
Despite attempts by Egyptian border guards to prevent the further entry of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip into Egypt Friday, tens of thousands of Gazans continued to pour through the breached border during the day.
Egypt has set an ultimatum for the Palestinians to return to the Rafah area by 3 pm and get back to Gaza by 7 pm, but while Egyptian guards were overseeing the main opening on the border, another part of the border was breached.
Hundreds of Palestinians rushed into Egypt after Hamas militants used a bulldozer to knock over a new section of the border wall separating Gaza and Egypt.
Men in black clothing, some of them masked, stood atop the bulldozer as it knocked down a concrete slab under the watchful eyes of Egyptian troops on the other side who shot in the air in an attempt to hinder the flow of Gazans into Egypt.
Sources in the Strip and in Egypt estimated that some 500,000 Gazans have already crossed over to the Egyptian side.
Egyptian border guards appeared to be taking steps to close the border with the Gaza Strip on Friday, forming a human chain and blocking movement of Palestinians into Egypt with their riot shields, witnesses said.
The Egyptians were allowing passage only to Palestinians seeking to return to the strip after visiting Egypt, in the wake of the demolition of large stretches of the border wall by Hamas militants Wednesday.
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January 25th, 2008 at 9:29 amThose so called Palis are for the most part Egyptians caught behind the lines when Israel overran Gaza.
January 25th, 2008 at 12:59 pm