Hamas demonstrators urge Egypt to open Gaza crossing

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AFP) — Hundreds of pro-Hamas demonstrators gathered on Sunday at the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip to demand that Egypt open its border to relieve a months-old Israeli siege.

Around 600 demonstrators waving green flags deployed in front of the crossing under the watchful eyes of Egyptian security forces on the other side, an AFP photographer said.

Hamas-run security forces prevented anyone from approaching the crossing itself -- which is the only Gaza frontier post that bypasses Israel.

"People of Palestine, the Arab world, and the Islamic world, do not leave Gaza to die!" Ahmed Baher, a senior Hamas leader and the acting head of the Palestinian parliament, said in a speech at the crossing.

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2. Boy, that rhetoric rings a rather ironic bell. nt