Gunmen blow a large hole in wall between Egypt and Gaza Strip

August 24, 2006

Rafah - Ma'an - Dozens of armed Palestinians blew a large hole in the wall between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

Angry gunmen gathered near the Rafah Crossing and detonated a large explosive device at the border wall by the Salah Addin gate.

The Ma'an correspondent reported that "the explosion caused a big gap in the cement wall".

The angry gunmen threatened to explode dozens of explosive devices and cause many gaps in the border wall if "all parties do not work on returning Rafah Crossing to operation and ending the crisis of citizens stuck at the Crossing".

The gunmen called on the Europeans and Egyptians to work seriously on opening the Crossing and ending the suffering of the people, particularly the humanitarian cases, students and the citizens whose visas have expired.