[Onthebarricades] RE: [SECULARHUMANIST] PALESTINE: Gaza blockade broken, civilians stock up

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Subject: [SECULARHUMANIST] PALESTINE: Gaza blockade broken, civilians
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Tens of Thousands Cross Downed Gaza Wall

By IBRAHIM BARZAK - 12 hours ago 

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Masked gunmen destroyed about two-thirds of the
metal wall separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt in the town of Rafah and
tens of thousands of Palestinians poured across the border to buy
supplies made scarce by an Israeli blockade of the impoverished
territory.

The gunmen began breaching the border wall dividing Rafah before dawn,
according to witnesses and Hamas officials, who told The Associated
Press that they had closed all but two of the gaps in the wall. The
officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of
the matter, said they were allowed free movement through the open gaps.

Thousands of Gazans began crossing into Egypt and returning with milk,
cigarettes and plastic bottles of fuel, the Hamas officials and
witnesses said.

An Associated Press reporter arrived after first light and saw that
about two-thirds of the seven-mile-long wall at Rafah had been
demolished. The reporter also saw the crowd of Palestinians crossing
into Egypt swell into the tens of thousands.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information.
AP's earlier story is below.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Masked gunmen blew holes in the wall separating
the Gaza Strip from Egypt early Wednesday and thousands of Palestinians
poured across the border to buy supplies made scarce by an Israeli
blockade of the impoverished territory.

Egyptian guards and police from the militant group Hamas, which rules
Gaza, stood by without taking action.

Israel transferred fuel to restart Gaza's only electricity plant
Tuesday, easing its five-day blockade of the Palestinian territory amid
growing international concern about a humanitarian crisis.

But before dawn the next day, Palestinian gunmen began breaching the
border wall dividing the town of Rafah, which has a Gazan and an
Egyptian side.

The identity of the gunmen who breached the border was not immediately
clear. But Hamas expressed support for the move, saying, "Blowing up the
border wall with Egypt is a reflection of the ... catastrophic situation
which the Palestinian people in Gaza are living through due to the
blockade."

Hamas security closed all but two of the holes, through which it allowed
free movement. Gazans began crossing into Egypt and returning with milk,
cigarettes and plastic bottles of fuel.

Gazan Ibrahim Abu Taha, 45, a father of seven, was in the Egyptian
section of Rafah with his two brothers and $185 in his pocket.

"We want to buy food, we want to buy rice and sugar, milk and wheat and
some cheese," Abu Taha told The Associated Press by telephone, adding
that he would also buy cheap Egyptian cigarettes.

Abu Taha said he could get such items in Gaza, but at three times the
cost.

Faced with a crippling Israeli blockade, Hamas appears to be applying
pressure on Egypt, which has cooperated with Israel's sanctions by
keeping the Rafah border closed.

An off-duty Hamas security officer who identified himself as Abdel
Rahman, 29, said this was his first time out of Gaza.

"I can smell the freedom," he said by phone. "We need no border after
today."

Abdel Rahman said no weapons were being smuggled in from Egypt.

"You can buy weapons in Gaza, guns and RPGs," he said, adding that it
was easier to find weapons in Gaza than cancer medicine or Coke.

Weapons are generally brought into Gaza through smuggling tunnels under
the Gaza-Egypt border.

The U.S. had warned Israel not to add to the hardship for ordinary
Palestinians but blamed the problem on Hamas. Israel imposed the siege
in response to increasing rocket attacks on its border communities by
Gaza militants.

Despite the easing of the closure, Palestinian militants fired 19
rockets toward Israel on Tuesday, the military said, up from just two on
Monday.

The lights were back on in most of Gaza City by Tuesday afternoon after
a blackout that lasted almost two days. But Gazans still vented their
anger throughout the day.

Hundreds of Hamas supporters briefly broke through the Gaza-Egypt border
and clashed with Egyptian riot police who fired in the air, wounding 70
people on both sides. The protesters hurled insults at Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak, calling him a coward.

In a clash early Wednesday with Israeli forces near the closed Sufa
crossing into Gaza, a Hamas militant was killed, Palestinian officials
said. The Israeli military said soldiers exchanged fire with Palestinian
militants in the area.

Throughout the closure, which cut power to a third of Gaza's 1.5 million
people, hospitals kept running on generators. But most bakeries shut
down, and long lines formed at those that were open. A shipment of
cooking gas sent in by Israel on Tuesday sold out in an hour.

Governments, aid agencies and the U.N. issued urgent appeals for an end
to the closure. Israel's Defense Ministry ruled late Tuesday that 60,000
gallons of diesel fuel will be transferred into Gaza daily, but the
crossings will remain closed to other goods and people until further
notice.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni blamed Hamas.

"I am not among those who care whether this or that group fired a
rocket," she told the annual Herzliya Conference on security. "Hamas has
control of the territory, and Hamas is responsible."

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the Bush administration has
spoken to Israeli officials "about the importance of not allowing a
humanitarian crisis to unfold." Israeli officials were receptive, she
said, adding that she too blames Hamas for the situation.

Despite the blockade, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he will
not pull out of peace talks. Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert promised President Bush to try to complete a peace accord this
year.

"We should intensify our contacts and our meetings to stop the suffering
of our people," Abbas said in his first comment since the latest round
of Israel-Hamas fighting erupted last week.

Hamas, which is sworn to Israel's destruction, is not a party to the
talks.

Associated Press writers Steven Gutkin in Herzliya, Israel, and Mohammed
Daraghmeh in Ramallah, West Bank, contributed to this report.

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