Fresh Gaza security fence breach
More action at the Gaza Egyptian border. It looks like Egypt is starting to close the breeches in the fence. Egyptian police are using water cannon and dogs to try to close the border.
FROM ITN.CO.UK:
Militants have bulldozed more of the concrete wall separating Egypt from the Gaza Strip as attempts are made to close an earlier breach.
Crowds cheered as Hamas militants flattened sections of the concrete fence in the southern Gaza town of Rafah while Egyptian riot police watched as hundreds more people poured into their country.
The area has now been turned into a giant open-air market, selling everything from goats to full size refrigerators
Earlier this week, militants blew up part of the concrete wall which resulted in tens of thousands of Palestinians, who struggle to survive in the Strip, rushing into the Egyptian part of the town to stock up on food, medicine and clothing.
The area has now been turned into a giant open-air market, selling everything from goats to full size refrigerators.
Local resident Saeed al-Helo said: "I bought a motorcycle, cigarettes, biscuits, corn chips, cheese and a small generator. I think they can close the border now. I think Gaza has enough food supplies for a month."
Pressed by the United States and Israel to take control of the situation, Egyptian riot police have lined the border and placed barbed wire and chain-link fences to prevent more Gazans from entering Egyptian soil.
Using loudspeakers, Egyptian security forces warned the border would close at 1pm UK time but a security source said orders had yet to be given to fully seal the area.
But on Friday, some Palestinians in the crowd threw stones at Egyptian police, who responded with batons and water cannon. One of the protesters, Mohammed al-Masri said: "I have two brothers still inside Egypt. They should not close the border until everyone returns."
Elsewhere, Palestinians buried four militants who were killed in two Israeli airstrikes on vehicles in the southern Gaza Strip overnight.
FROM ITN.CO.UK:
Militants have bulldozed more of the concrete wall separating Egypt from the Gaza Strip as attempts are made to close an earlier breach.
Crowds cheered as Hamas militants flattened sections of the concrete fence in the southern Gaza town of Rafah while Egyptian riot police watched as hundreds more people poured into their country.
The area has now been turned into a giant open-air market, selling everything from goats to full size refrigerators
Earlier this week, militants blew up part of the concrete wall which resulted in tens of thousands of Palestinians, who struggle to survive in the Strip, rushing into the Egyptian part of the town to stock up on food, medicine and clothing.
The area has now been turned into a giant open-air market, selling everything from goats to full size refrigerators.
Local resident Saeed al-Helo said: "I bought a motorcycle, cigarettes, biscuits, corn chips, cheese and a small generator. I think they can close the border now. I think Gaza has enough food supplies for a month."
Pressed by the United States and Israel to take control of the situation, Egyptian riot police have lined the border and placed barbed wire and chain-link fences to prevent more Gazans from entering Egyptian soil.
Using loudspeakers, Egyptian security forces warned the border would close at 1pm UK time but a security source said orders had yet to be given to fully seal the area.
But on Friday, some Palestinians in the crowd threw stones at Egyptian police, who responded with batons and water cannon. One of the protesters, Mohammed al-Masri said: "I have two brothers still inside Egypt. They should not close the border until everyone returns."
Elsewhere, Palestinians buried four militants who were killed in two Israeli airstrikes on vehicles in the southern Gaza Strip overnight.
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