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Palestinians pour into Egypt

Palestinians cross into Egypt today after militants exploded the separated wall between Gaza Strip and Egypt, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Masked Palestinian gunmen breached the Gaza-Egypt border wall, and thousands of Gazans trapped in their territory by a tight blockade poured into Egypt to buy food, fuel and other supplies that have become scarce. Men and women walked unhindered or rode in donkey carts over the toppled corrugated metal along sections of the barrier, carrying goats, chickens and crates of Coca-Cola. Some brought back televisions, car tires and cigarettes and one man even bought a motorcycle. Vendors sold soft drinks and baked goods to the crowds. Egyptian border guards and Hamas police took no action as Palestinians hurried over the border and began returning with bags of food, boxes of cigarettes and plastic bottles of fuel.

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