Gazans head home as Egypt chokes off supplies

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Gazans head home as Egypt chokes off supplies
27 Jan 2008 23:15:33 GMT
Source: Reuters

(Adds Arab foreign ministers paragraph 12, edits)

By Will Rasmussen

RAFAH, Egypt, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians
streamed home through the breaches in Gaza's border with
Egypt on Sunday after Egyptian authorities choked off supplies
to the area and moved to restore control.

Egypt has struggled to re-seal the border and contain hundreds
of thousands of needy Gazans who poured across since militants
blasted openings last Wednesday to evade an Israeli blockade
on the Hamas Islamist-run territory.

A Reuters reporter on the Egyptian side of the border town of
Rafah on Sunday saw thousands of Palestinians leaving Egypt,
dwarfing the number of those crossing in from the Gaza Strip.

"We wanted to buy food. It was very difficult. We could not
find anything," said 17-year-old Khalil Hamdan. "We won't
come back because all the products are finished."

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[ProgressiveMuslim]

1. Whew! Let the starvation resume! I'm sure the Israelis and Americans are very happy. nt

[Vegasaurus]

2. Pity that the Egyptians aren't blamed for the starvation

even though they could control it, if they wanted to

[msmcghee]

3. Don't worry, I hear . .

. . Jimmy carter is working on his new book, "Egypt, Peace Not Apartheid" as we speak.