Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07CAIRO645
2007-03-08 16:56:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Cairo
Cable title:
RAFAH BORDER CROSSING OPEN; VIOLENCE ON
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UNCLAS CAIRO 000645
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PHUM KPAL EG
SUBJECT: RAFAH BORDER CROSSING OPEN; VIOLENCE ON
PALESTINIAN SIDE
Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly.
(SBU) A contact at the Liaison Agency with International
Organizations (LAWIO) reported that violence ensued on the
Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing at
approximately 10:00 A.M. on March 8 as a large crowd of
Palestinians attempted to enter the border terminal. The
contact said that Palestinian security forces fired into the
air to regain control of the crowd. He could not comment on
press reports that one man died and seven people suffered
injuries, but confirmed that 300 people crossed from Gaza
into Egypt and 142 crossed from Egypt into Gaza during the
opening.
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