Palestinians traveling to Egypt stormed a gate at the border crossing on Saturday after waiting for hours in buses, Gaza officials told CNN...Saturday's incident occurred when a few busloads of Palestinians arrived at the main crossing but couldn't get through.
Egyptians were doing maintenance on the vehicle crossing from Gaza into Egypt and had to close it down for the repairs. But Egyptians didn't inform Gaza officials about the work.
Some of the passengers on the four buses at the gate became agitated after waiting for hours, got out of their buses, and forcibly pushed the gate until they broke the chain on it and went across the border.
There were no injuries in the incident and tempers cooled down. Egypt escorted the passengers back to the Gaza side and the buses went back to their destinations in Gaza.
The traffic crossing from Gaza to Egypt is expected to be reopened by Sunday.
But I heard on the radio that the crossing was again closed this time, however, after two Gazans had been cauight in Alexandria with arms.
Jews, also, seem to suffer a travel ban according to the Egyptian Gazette:
Jews to be barred from entering Egypt's Delta village
CAIRO - Residents of el-Behira Governorate in the Nile Delta vowed Thursday to prevent thousands of Jews, who arrive en masse at the tiny village of Demito near Damanhour City, 50 km southeast of Alexandria, every year during the last week of each December to attend the birthday celebrations of Abu Hasira, a Moroccan Jewish holy man, who was buried there some 150 years ago...
Well, it's better than getting shot in Syria, I presume.
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