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Hamas building buffer zone along Gaza-Egypt border

By World Tribune on June 29, 2017 BB Middle East, Egypt, Exclusives, Hamas, Mideast, Rest of The Best, Top Stories, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, June 29, 2017 Seeking to improve strained ties with Egypt, Hamas is constructing a buffer zone along the Gaza Strip border with Egypt. Hamas’s Ministry of the Interior and the Internal Security arm of Hamas began constructing the buffer zone after recent meetings between Hamas leaders and top ranking officials within the […]

Egypt reopens Rafah border crossing, allows import of cars into Gaza for first time in 3 years

By World Tribune on December 18, 2016 BB Middle East, Egypt, Exclusives, Hamas, Mideast, Rest of The Best, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2016 Egypt has for the first time under President Abdul Fatah Sisi allowed the import of cars to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing. “This is the first time Egypt has permitted the import of new cars since the President Mohammed Morsi era,” a Palestinian official told The […]