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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza gateway reopens one day only
2006-07-19
GAZA CITY - The Gaza Strip border with Egypt reopened on Tuesday for the first time in three weeks to allow people to cross into the Palestinian territory on humanitarian basis only, officials said. The Rafah passenger terminal, which has been closed since June 25 when an Israeli soldier was abducted near the Gaza border, opened at 9:00 am (0700 GMT) and was scheduled to stay open until 7:00 pm, a EU spokeswoman said.

The head of Rafah terminal, Gaza’s sole gateway to the world that bypasses Israel, confirmed that five buses had already entered from Egypt. “It is only open to humanitarian cases and only one way Egypt to Gaza, and in principle the border will only remain open 11 hours today,” spokeswoman for the EU monitors Maria Telleria told AFP.
"That should be enough to clear the riff-raff we've accumulated," he noted.
Hundreds of people considered humanitarian cases have been stranded on the Egyptian side of the terminal would be allowed to cross into the Gaza Strip during the day. Telleria said more than 1,000 people may be allowed to cross.
Posted by:Steve White

#4  looks like the Tijuana entry, say, in the 50's
Posted by: Frank G   2006-07-19 19:28  

#3  Great Pic!
Posted by: Mike N.   2006-07-19 09:06  

#2  The Egytians are humanitarians, I'd have used a catapult.
Posted by: Flolunter Clemp1012   2006-07-19 08:32  

#1  this would be the official opening, to clear out the sweet little mothers with multiple multiply-handicapped offspring. The Boys w/Guns streamed through the hole blown in the wall a few days ago, on their way to glorious martyrdom. (I don't recall reading that the hole was repaired by the Egyptians, are BwGs still streaming through?)
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-07-19 07:49  

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