Further group of stranded Palestinians return to Gaza
Monday August 06, 2007 10:32
by John Smith - IMEMC & agencies
A further group of Palestinians returned to the Gaza Strip through the Erez crossing on Sunday, security sources have indicated.
The Rafah border crossing
The group, the sixth to be transported, is thought to be made up of approximately 1,200 people.
The transfer brings the number allowed to return to the Gaza Strip to 2,400 out of the approximately 6,000 Palestinians stranded at the Rafah border crossing.
At least 32 people have died while waiting to return the coastal region with the latest, Abdur Rahman Ismael, aged 17, dying on Monday. Ismael had been in Egypt receiving cancer treatment when Israel closed all entry points into the Gaza Strip.
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