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Egypt deploys at old border; Hamas whines about new border xing
Egypt has begun deploying hundreds more police to strengthen security at its border with the Gaza Strip...the sources said additional Egyptian security forces had already taken up positions along the border north of the Rafah crossing to reinforce the existing 750 border police.and what is this really about Rafah which is at the Gaza/Egypt border about midway between the Med and the southern Gaza border was closed on June 9 and has remained closed since Hamas Islamist forces took over the Gaza Strip days later. The militant group opposes the move to make Kerem Shalom about 1 mile from the Egyptian border along the south Gaza/Israel border Palestinian sources said Hamas was opposed to opening Kerem Shalom under Egyptian and Israeli auspices because it feared this would constitute a precedent which Israel could exploit Posted by: mhw 2007-07-11 |
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