Egypt Acts to Restore Order at Border Crossing
From Times Wire Reports
Scores of Palestinians crossed from the Gaza Strip into Egypt before Egyptian security forces moved to close the border in an attempt to restore order three days after Israeli troops left the territory.
A handful of Egyptian police officers were pushing back Palestinians scaling the wall on the Gaza side and trying to sneak through the barbed-wire fence on the Egyptian side. Hundreds of Egyptian border guards were expected to arrive today.
Palestinian security forces in Gaza apparently were doing nothing to stop border crossings.
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