Flood of people head into Gaza from Egypt

Saturday, July 15, 2006

RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Militants forced open a border gate between Egypt and Gaza on Friday, wounding an Egyptian officer and letting hundreds of Palestinians who had been trapped on the Egyptian side of the border to get into Gaza.

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