Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip have staged a demonstration to slam Egypts military over its closure of the Rafah border crossing,Press TVreports. On Sunday, angry demonstrators gathered at the crossing, calling for an immediate and permanent reopening of the closed gate, which is vital to Palestinians in the territory. The protesters say ...

[caption id="attachment_51735" align="alignright" width="210"] A Palestinian man receives goods from Egypt through a tunnel underneath the border in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip July 29, 2008.[/caption] The Palestinian minister of economy says that losses resulting from Egypt military destruction of tunnels along its border with the besieged ...

AGENCIES_GAZA: A Palestinian official said Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a week after it was closed in response to suicide bombings on an Egyptian military headquarters near the frontier. Gaza border official Maher Abu Sabha says some 5,000 Palestinians, including people seeking medical treatment in Egypt, were ...

Dozens of students in the Gaza Strip have staged a demonstration outside the closed gate of Rafah crossing with Egypt, demanding the reopening of the gateway. On Monday, the students gathered at the crossing, carrying Palestinian and Egyptian flags which read, "I want to exercise my right in education" and "open Rafah crossing." On September 11,...

A Palestinian diplomat says Egyptian officials have pledged to reopen the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip in the near future. "There are Egyptian assurances that the crossing will reopen soon," Barakat al-Farra, the Palestinian ambassador to Egypt, said on Sunday. He however did not give a specific date for the reopening of the ...