Egypt has intervened forcibly to prevent international aid reaching Gaza, and has implemented new measures aimed at further tightening Israel’s illegal and inhumane blockade.
Israel stopped all but the most essential food and medicine entering Gaza in June 2007. Hamas, the Islamist party which won the parliamentary elections against Fatah in January 2006, took control of Gaza in order to pre-empt a Fatah coup backed by Israel, the US, Jordan and Egypt. Israel has also banned virtually all exports from Gaza.
Tags: Egypt, Egypt's support for Israeli wars, FM Ahmed Abul Gheit, Hamas, international aid, Israeli blockade of Gaza, Palestinians, President Hosni Mubarak, protest at the Rafah crossing, super strength steel wall, US army engineers, Viva Palestina aid convoy
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