HAMAS MAKES DEAL WITH EGYPT TO OPEN GAZA BORDER FOR 3 DAYS
MAY 9 2008
The main border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt will be opened for
three days starting on Saturday under a deal between the Islamist group and
Cairo, a Hamas official said on Thursday.
The crossing at Rafah has been largely closed since early February when Egypt
resealed the border after Hamas gunmen blasted it open in defiance of an
Israeli-led siege of the coastal enclave.
With U.S. backing, Egypt has been trying to broker an unofficial truce between
Israel and Hamas to stop violence that threatens to derail peace talks. That
proposed deal calls for reopening Rafah under the control of Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas.
Abbas and Olmert launched U.S.-sponsored peace talks in November with the
aim at reaching a deal on Palestinian statehood before President George W.
Bush leaves office in January.
Hamas official Ayman Taha said sick Gazans would be allowed to cross into
Egypt on Saturday. Palestinians holding Egyptian and other foreign passports
will be allowed to leave the coastal territory on Sunday and Monday, Taha
added.
Egyptian security sources said Egypt had agreed in principle to open the
border for three days to allow the wounded to cross into Egypt for treatment
and to allow Egyptians in Gaza to return.
A European diplomatic source said European Union monitors would not be at the
crossing.
EU monitors had been stationed at Rafah until Hamas Islamists took control of
Gaza after routing Fatah forces loyal to Abbas.
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