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Gaza border breached; thousands flood into Egypt

Masked gunmen used explosives to blow holes in the Gaza Strip's border fence early today, enabling thousands of Palestinians to pour into Egypt to buy food, fuel and other supplies that had been cut off because of an Israeli blockade, witnesses said.

By Rushdi abu Alouf and Richard Boudreaux

January 23, 2008

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