.- The population of the Gaza Strip has turned to be locked and locked outside the closure of its border with Egypt by popular protests in the neighboring country, which kept on tenterhooks throughout the region. Following the growing tension that exists in the Egyptian street, Cairo has decided to close until further notice, the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza Palestinian and one window to the world that had the inhabitants of Gaza.
Government officials from the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls this territory since June 2007, said they were officially informed by the Egyptian security forces to the border crossing had been closed. "We have been in contact with heads of agencies and Egyptians have told us that the crossing will not be open this Sunday and will remain closed for several days," said Ghazi Hamad, head of Gaza borders.
Permanently Egypt opened its border with Gaza last June after three years of blockade, occur after the Israeli naval assault on the Freedom Flotilla, which was loaded with humanitarian aid bound for the strip and approach which resulted with the deaths of nine activists Turks. Hamad urged Cairo to "a reasonable balance to keep the border closed, as its closure would seriously harm the population of Gaza, primarily to patients who require medical treatment abroad." However, Egyptian authorities have decided to shield its border with Gaza, after popular protests that have spread throughout the country since Tuesday, and left more than a hundred dead, thousands arrested and property damage.
The Hamas Executive has deployed its security forces along the eight miles from the border with Egypt and ordered everyone to close smuggling tunnels linking the two territories, according to sources from the fringe. Throughout the day were able to observe different queues of vehicles at the entrance of several gas stations in Gaza, a sign of concern about possible fuel shortages.
Added to this are reports that witnesses that Weshah Hasan, a Palestinian refugee camp of Al-Bureij, in northern Gaza, managed to escape from the Egyptian prison where he was and return home on Saturday. Hamas denies his part, information suggesting that at least eight Palestinians imprisoned in Egypt had fled and returned to Gaza.
Since the start of the popular revolt in Egypt, the government of the Islamist movement has been very cautious in issuing an official reaction to the situation in the neighboring country, common mediator among Palestinian factions. "All we hope is to see calm and stability return to Egypt and the Egyptian people elect their representatives freely and democratically," said Salah al-Bardawil, a prominent Hamas leader in a statement.
In recent days the population of this enclave, forty miles long by ten wide, and where lies and half million people, has closely followed developments in Egypt through the Arab television satellite. Mohamed al-Shawa, a resident of Gaza, sums which became known as the Cairo uprising, the population of the Gaza immediately expressed concern that this could have an impact on Palestinian territory.
"We rely on Egypt for so many things, Egypt has always been our gateway to the outside world," ruling al-Shawa, who does not hide his fear of the possibility that it could cause food shortages or fuel. Another Palestinian boy, Ahmed Abu Sido believes that all people have the right to change their leaders and seek a better future for their economic situation and unemployment.
"If the regime in Egypt falls, I think all the Arab regimes will follow. That is what Israel and U.S. want to enhance their interests in the Arab world," he concludes. 
Government officials from the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls this territory since June 2007, said they were officially informed by the Egyptian security forces to the border crossing had been closed. "We have been in contact with heads of agencies and Egyptians have told us that the crossing will not be open this Sunday and will remain closed for several days," said Ghazi Hamad, head of Gaza borders.
Permanently Egypt opened its border with Gaza last June after three years of blockade, occur after the Israeli naval assault on the Freedom Flotilla, which was loaded with humanitarian aid bound for the strip and approach which resulted with the deaths of nine activists Turks. Hamad urged Cairo to "a reasonable balance to keep the border closed, as its closure would seriously harm the population of Gaza, primarily to patients who require medical treatment abroad." However, Egyptian authorities have decided to shield its border with Gaza, after popular protests that have spread throughout the country since Tuesday, and left more than a hundred dead, thousands arrested and property damage.
The Hamas Executive has deployed its security forces along the eight miles from the border with Egypt and ordered everyone to close smuggling tunnels linking the two territories, according to sources from the fringe. Throughout the day were able to observe different queues of vehicles at the entrance of several gas stations in Gaza, a sign of concern about possible fuel shortages.
Added to this are reports that witnesses that Weshah Hasan, a Palestinian refugee camp of Al-Bureij, in northern Gaza, managed to escape from the Egyptian prison where he was and return home on Saturday. Hamas denies his part, information suggesting that at least eight Palestinians imprisoned in Egypt had fled and returned to Gaza.
Since the start of the popular revolt in Egypt, the government of the Islamist movement has been very cautious in issuing an official reaction to the situation in the neighboring country, common mediator among Palestinian factions. "All we hope is to see calm and stability return to Egypt and the Egyptian people elect their representatives freely and democratically," said Salah al-Bardawil, a prominent Hamas leader in a statement.
In recent days the population of this enclave, forty miles long by ten wide, and where lies and half million people, has closely followed developments in Egypt through the Arab television satellite. Mohamed al-Shawa, a resident of Gaza, sums which became known as the Cairo uprising, the population of the Gaza immediately expressed concern that this could have an impact on Palestinian territory.
"We rely on Egypt for so many things, Egypt has always been our gateway to the outside world," ruling al-Shawa, who does not hide his fear of the possibility that it could cause food shortages or fuel. Another Palestinian boy, Ahmed Abu Sido believes that all people have the right to change their leaders and seek a better future for their economic situation and unemployment.
"If the regime in Egypt falls, I think all the Arab regimes will follow. That is what Israel and U.S. want to enhance their interests in the Arab world," he concludes.
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