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Sunday, July 20, 2014
Egyptian military block activist aid convoy to Gaza

Egyptian military block activist aid convoy to Gaza
Egypt Independent Sat, 19/07/2014 - 18:19
http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/egyptian-military-block-activist-aid-convoy-gaza

Egyptian soldiers in north Sinai prevented an aid convoy of activists from
reaching the Rafah border crossing with the embattled Palestinian Gaza Strip
on Saturday, an AFP correspondent said.

An army officer at the Balloza checkpoint, one of many along the desert
highway to Rafah, told an AFP correspondent that the security situation in
the restive peninsula was too unstable to allow the convoy of 11 buses and
500 activists to pass.

There was a brief scuffle between some activists and soldiers but no arrests
were made.

Egypt usually keeps the crossing closed, citing a counter-insurgency
operation against militants in north Sinai, but has allowed entry to
Palestinians wounded in the 12-day conflict between Hamas and Israel.

At least 333 Palestinians and three Israelis have died in the unrest, the
third conflict to erupt in and around Gaza in seven years.

The Egyptian military had earlier said it was sending 500 tonnes of food and
medical aide to the besieged enclave.

Hamas, militant Islamist rulers of Gaza, have refused to accept a ceasefire
with Israel until it receives guarantees that border crossings to Gaza --
all but one under Israeli control -- will be opened.
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