Tensions high at Gaza crossing
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Israeli tanks surround a north Gaza crossing where hundreds of Palestinians fleeing Hamas are holed up.
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Gunfire erupts at the Gaza-Egypt border following clashes between guards and Palestinians, witnesses say.
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EREZ CROSSING, Gaza, June 20 -- At this border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, a man with a three-day growth of beard and blue jeans raised his fist and let out a hoarse scream amid the stench and desperation of the dozens of men, women and children who have been gathered here for day...
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Palestinians fight back as security forces try to stop exodus from Gaza through Rafah wall.
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GAZA CITY, June 19 -- At the Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, a man with a three-day growth of beard and bluejeans raised his fist and let out a hoarse scream amid the stench and desperation of the dozens of men, women and children who have been gathered here for days, unable to g...
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Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar's convoy came under fire Sunday as it passed through Gaza City, and members of his Hamas movement accused Fatah rivals of trying to assassinate him.
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Hamas and Fatah forces fought a two-and-a-half-hour long gun battle on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip near the Karni commercial crossing, the most serious flare-up in factional fighting in two weeks.
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Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip infiltrated into Israel at a key border crossing on Saturday, igniting a fire fight in which one gunman was killed, and prompting Israeli threats of further violence.
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Hundreds of Hamas supporters protested on the breached Gaza-Egypt border Friday to demand it remain open, while Egyptian troops poured cement and laid down metal spikes in a new attempt to halt the influx of Gazans.
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CAIRO, Jan. 2 -- Egypt opened its main crossing into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to allow more than 2,000 Palestinian pilgrims -- including at least one official of the armed Hamas movement -- to return to their homes there, outraging Israel in a growing dispute over border security.
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CAIRO, Jan. 2 -- Egypt opened the gates of its main crossing into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to allow thousands of Palestinian pilgrims to return home, outraging Israel in the two countries' growing dispute over border security.
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Hamas militants, angry that Israel was preventing Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from returning to Gaza, burst into the Rafah border terminal Thursday, sparking a gunbattle with guards before taking control of the crossing. Two Hamas militants were wounded.
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Hamas and Fatah forces fought a lengthy gun battle on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip near the strategic Karni commercial crossing, the most serious flare-up in factional fighting in two weeks.
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United Nations officials today urged Israel to reopen the main commercial crossing to Gaza.
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Rival Hamas and Fatah forces clashed in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring 12 others, in the worst flare-up of factional fighting in almost three weeks.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 14--Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was stranded Thursday in the Egyptian Sinai after Israel barred him from entering the Gaza Strip with millions of dollars in cash, prompting gunmen from his Hamas movement to open fire on the border crossing in a show of force.
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Gaza is a small place, and news spread quickly Wednesday that the border fence was knocked down before dawn. Pretty soon, I was caught up in a traffic jam as people raced to Rafah in buses, cars, motorcycles. Some even rode bicycles and donkey carts.