Violence has erupted at the Rafah border after Cairo announced it would close the crossing between Gaza and Egypt.
Al Jazeera correspondent David Chater said the Egyptian government had ordered guards to close the Rafah border by 13:00 GMT on Friday. Stones were hurled at Egyptian guards by Palestinians after they raised batons and shields and formed a human wall close to one of three crossings.
Witnesses said guards then beat some Palestinians with clubs and fired several shots in the air. Egyptian forces began placing barbed wire near the collapsed steel wall earlier in the day and began stopping Palestinians from entering Egypt.
[..]He said: "The government took heavy criticism from the West over the border opening. The United States congress has already suspended $100 million of aid to Egypt due to the border breach."
January 25, 2008
Violence Erupts on Gaza Border with Egypt
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