Gaza-blockade


RAFAH, Gaza Strip - A Palestinian tunnel smuggler with a blowtorch sliced through an underground steel wall early Thursday, the latest of what officials say are hundreds of holes cut into the Egyptian barrier meant to stop smuggling of goods, cash and weapons to the blockaded, Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
21 Asian nations denounce Israeli ship raid
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's president says 21 Asian countries meeting at a security summit have denounced Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
Israel military investigating deadly flotilla raid
JERUSALEM - Israel's military said it will have its own experts examine what caused a naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla to turn deadly, while nations led by Turkey intensified demands on Tuesday for an international investigation.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - After three years of cooperating in the Israeli blockade of Gaza, Egypt said Monday that it will leave its border with the Palestinian territory open indefinitely for humanitarian aid and restricted travel.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - An Egyptian security official declared the blockade of Gaza a failure Monday and said his country will keep its border with the Palestinian territory open indefinitely.
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