An anti-Egypt rally in southern Gaza turned deadly on Wednesday when demonstrators rushed the border fence and stoned Egyptian troops on the other side, leading to an exchange of gunfire and the death of an Egyptian soldier. Nine Egyptian soldiers and a dozen Palestinians were wounded from stones and gunfire, witnesses and medics said.
It was the most serious Palestinian-Egyptian violence along the closed Gaza border since Israel’s short-lived invasion more than a year ago, and reflected rising tensions between Gaza’s Hamas rulers and the Egyptian government, which, like Israel, appears determined to keep Gaza isolated. The demonstration, organized by Hamas, protested Egypt’s refusal to allow international aid and solidarity missions into Gaza as well as Egypt’s construction of an underground barrier to obstruct smuggler tunnels. Those tunnels supply both goods and arms to Hamas and Gaza.
As Hamas leaders gave speeches, young men climbed the border fence and threw rocks at the Egyptians, witnesses and police reported, and Palestinian police officers shot in the air to control the crowd, though to little avail. Egyptian troops then shot from their side. “Two Palestinians were instantly wounded from five bullets,” a witness said.
The Egyptian forces also tear-gassed demonstrators who waved Hamas and Turkish flags, witnesses said.
JIHAD HAS TURNED THESE ARABS INTO BEASTS.
NO. APOLOGIES TO BEASTS.
IF THE GAZASTANIAN "PEOPLE" CAN'T GET ALONG WITH EGYPTIANS, THEN THEY CAN'T GET ALONG WITH ISRAELIS AND JEWS.
ISRAEL SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO MAKE PEACE WITH THE GAZASTANIANS - LET ALONE BE COERCED INTO MAKING PEACE WITH THEM.
ANY SO-CALLED "PEACE PROCESS" WITH THESE GAZASTANIAN "PEOPLE" IS A SHAM.
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Gunfire at Gaza Protest Near Egypt Discussion: Babylon & Beyond
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