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Egypt moves to seal Gaza border
BBC
Friday January 25, 2008
Egyptian security forces have blocked almost all
illegal entry points along the border with Gaza to try to stem
the flow of Palestinians wanting to leave.
Riot police used water cannons against those still
attempting to cross the border into Egypt, and announced it would
be closed from 1500 (1300 GMT).
Hundreds of thousands have surged into Egypt to buy supplies
since militants blew holes in the border on Wednesday.
Israel has demanded Egypt take action, as it is worried about
arms smuggling.
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Overnight on Thursday, the Israeli military carried out two air
strikes near the border killing four suspected Hamas militants.
The commander of the Islamist movement's military wing in Rafah,
Mohammed Abu Harb, was killed along with another senior militant
when Israeli missiles hit their jeep in the town, Palestinian
medics said.
Another two other members of the group, which seized control of
Gaza in June, were killed two hours earlier in an Israeli air strike
on a truck in southern Rafah.
Israel has killed more than 40 Palestinians in Gaza during the
past 10 days in addition to tightening its blockade of the coastal
territory, which has been used by militants to fire rockets into
the Jewish state.
The United Nations has calculated that as much as half of the
1.5 million population of the territory has crossed the border
since Wednesday.
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