Jul 13 2006
Armed Men Try to Forcibly Open Gaza-Egypt Border Crossing
Here’s one you didn’t see on the nightly news. From Haaretz - Israel News:
Dozens of armed men try to forcibly open Gaza-Egypt border crossingBy Avi Issacharoff and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents
A confrontation developed Thursday at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt when a few dozen armed men tried to open the crossing and allow thousands of Palestinians waiting on the Egyptian side through.
The Palestinian Authority’s Presidential Guard stopped them.
In the past several days, eight Palestinians have died at the Rafah crossing, waiting for days with no shelter and an inadequate water supply.
Israel offered to open the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow those waiting to cross the border, but the PA refused, fearing that Israel would force the travelers to undergo security checks - which they do not at the PA-controlled Rafah crossing.
