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January 26, 2008

Gaza Palestinians Continue to Cross Into Egypt for Fourth Day
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1B0DB1A:A6F02AD83191E1609B38EF2BB3FF82FD30EB2FA2E66CBB22& For first time,
hundreds of vehicles crossed border Saturday, after group of militants
used bulldozer to open new section of barrier





Egyptian border guards use a water cannon to disperse Palestinians
attempting to cross from Gaza into Rafah, 25 Jan 2008Thousands of
Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are crossing into Egypt for a fourth
day since militants destroyed a border barricade Wednesday.

For the first time, hundreds of vehicles crossed into Egypt Saturday,
after a group of militants used a bulldozer to open a new section of
the barrier.

On Friday, Egyptian border guards fired water cannons over the crowd
but failed to stop hundreds of Palestinians from passing through the
crossing. 

Palestinians are crossing the border to buy goods made scarce by a
blockade Israel imposed on the Gaza Strip last week in response to
Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel.

An Israeli spokesman says he is concerned the militant Hamas party,
which controls Gaza, will use the open border to smuggle terrorists
and weapons.

In another development, Israeli police shot and wounded a Palestinian
man who stabbed an Israeli border policeman at a checkpoint in the
occupied West Bank.  Israeli medical workers say the incident happened
near Jerusalem at an area Israel calls Atarot, and the Palestinian
refer to as Qalandia.





Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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