Palestinians clash with Egyptians at border
Agencies report that clashes broke out over Egypt's closure of the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip Tuesday.
Tuesday, 22.01.2008.
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Agencies report that clashes broke out over Egypt's closure of the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip Tuesday. This came on the same day Israel eased its siege of Gaza for a day, allowing in shipments of fuel and medicine, the AP reports. Palestinians clash with Egyptians at border But tensions erupted over Egypt's closure of its Gaza border, with Palestinian protesters breaking through the crossing and clashing with Egyptian guards. Ten Egyptian police and about 60 protesters were hurt as protesters hurled stones at the Egyptians and Palestinian gunmen fired briefly in the air. Hundreds of protesters briefly broke through the border terminal, pushing back helmeted Egyptian riot police who fired in the air to try to contain the crowd. Since Hamas violently took over Gaza in June, Egypt has joined Israel in severely restricting access to Gaza, largely keeping its border terminal closed out of concern about a spillover of Hamas-style militancy into its territory. "Hosni Mubarak you are a coward, you are an agent for the Americans," protesters chanted, insulting the Egyptian president. "Gaza women will not be humiliated." The clash came at the end of a protest by several thousand women carrying Hamas flags and calling for a lifting of the closure of Gaza by Israel last week in retaliation for increasing rocket attacks on border communities by Palestinian militants. Despite Israel's easing of the restrictions, the militants fired 11 rockets toward Israel on Tuesday. The closure cut off fuel supplies and Hamas shut down the Gaza Strip's only power plant on Sunday, cutting off electricity to about one-third of the territory's 1.5 million residents. Electricity was restored to much of Gaza City by evening. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided Monday to allow limited shipments of fuel and medicine to ease hardship after condemnation from humanitarian and rights groups. But at the same time, Barak warned he was prepared to hit Gaza hard to restore calm in Israeli towns.
Palestinians clash with Egyptians at border
But tensions erupted over Egypt's closure of its Gaza border, with Palestinian protesters breaking through the crossing and clashing with Egyptian guards.Ten Egyptian police and about 60 protesters were hurt as protesters hurled stones at the Egyptians and Palestinian gunmen fired briefly in the air.
Hundreds of protesters briefly broke through the border terminal, pushing back helmeted Egyptian riot police who fired in the air to try to contain the crowd.
Since Hamas violently took over Gaza in June, Egypt has joined Israel in severely restricting access to Gaza, largely keeping its border terminal closed out of concern about a spillover of Hamas-style militancy into its territory.
"Hosni Mubarak you are a coward, you are an agent for the Americans," protesters chanted, insulting the Egyptian president. "Gaza women will not be humiliated."
The clash came at the end of a protest by several thousand women carrying Hamas flags and calling for a lifting of the closure of Gaza by Israel last week in retaliation for increasing rocket attacks on border communities by Palestinian militants.
Despite Israel's easing of the restrictions, the militants fired 11 rockets toward Israel on Tuesday.
The closure cut off fuel supplies and Hamas shut down the Gaza Strip's only power plant on Sunday, cutting off electricity to about one-third of the territory's 1.5 million residents. Electricity was restored to much of Gaza City by evening.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided Monday to allow limited shipments of fuel and medicine to ease hardship after condemnation from humanitarian and rights groups. But at the same time, Barak warned he was prepared to hit Gaza hard to restore calm in Israeli towns.
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