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| Palestinians blow up border wall | Palestinians blow up border wall |
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| Hundreds of Palestinians have surged into Egypt from the Gaza Strip after masked militants blew several holes in a border wall. | Hundreds of Palestinians have surged into Egypt from the Gaza Strip after masked militants blew several holes in a border wall. |
| The Gazans rushed to buy food, fuel and other supplies that have become scarce because of an Israeli blockade. | |
| The radical Hamas movement which controls Gaza has repeatedly appealed to Egypt to open its border to relieve the siege. | The radical Hamas movement which controls Gaza has repeatedly appealed to Egypt to open its border to relieve the siege. |
| Egyptian border guards and Hamas police took no action against the border raid. | Egyptian border guards and Hamas police took no action against the border raid. |
| Earlier on Wednesday, a Hamas militant was killed during an exchange of fire near Gaza's border with Israel, Palestinian officials said. | Earlier on Wednesday, a Hamas militant was killed during an exchange of fire near Gaza's border with Israel, Palestinian officials said. |
| Women in the firing line | Women in the firing line |
| Both incidents came a day after 60 women were injured by gunfire when Egyptian police broke up a protest against the siege at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. | Both incidents came a day after 60 women were injured by gunfire when Egyptian police broke up a protest against the siege at the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. |
| Gaza's rocket threat to Israel'Wartime' on Israeli borderGaza diary: Day One | |
| The police had fired into the air and used water cannon to drive back Palestinian women who tried to surge across the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza. | The police had fired into the air and used water cannon to drive back Palestinian women who tried to surge across the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza. |
| Hundreds of Palestinians had demanded the crossing be reopened to allow the passage of vital supplies made scarce by the blockade. | Hundreds of Palestinians had demanded the crossing be reopened to allow the passage of vital supplies made scarce by the blockade. |
| On Tuesday, Israel eased its four-day Gaza lockdown by allowing fuel and medicine deliveries. | On Tuesday, Israel eased its four-day Gaza lockdown by allowing fuel and medicine deliveries. |
| But it has indicated restrictions may be re-imposed if rocket attacks continue. | But it has indicated restrictions may be re-imposed if rocket attacks continue. |
| In New York on Tuesday, Israeli and Palestinian envoys had clashed at the United Nations Security Council during a debate on Israel's blockade. | In New York on Tuesday, Israeli and Palestinian envoys had clashed at the United Nations Security Council during a debate on Israel's blockade. |
| The Palestinian UN observer accused Israel of fuelling violence, while the Israeli envoy said his country had to protect its people from rocket attacks. | The Palestinian UN observer accused Israel of fuelling violence, while the Israeli envoy said his country had to protect its people from rocket attacks. |
| The council was considering a call for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza freely. | The council was considering a call for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza freely. |
| Talks adjourned | Talks adjourned |
| Tuesday's day-long council debate had been requested by Arab and Islamic states amid a growing international outcry at what the European Union termed the "collective punishment" of Gaza's 1.5m residents. | Tuesday's day-long council debate had been requested by Arab and Islamic states amid a growing international outcry at what the European Union termed the "collective punishment" of Gaza's 1.5m residents. |
| Palestinian UN observer Riyad Mansour said the council "must demand that Israel, the occupying power, immediately cease its collective punishment of the Palestinian people". | Palestinian UN observer Riyad Mansour said the council "must demand that Israel, the occupying power, immediately cease its collective punishment of the Palestinian people". |
| But Israeli representative Gilad Cohen denied that Israel was violating international law. | But Israeli representative Gilad Cohen denied that Israel was violating international law. |
| "It is the duty of all states to ensure the right to life and safety of its people, especially from vicious acts of violence and terrorism," he said, adding that Israel would "ensure the humanitarian welfare" of Gaza. | "It is the duty of all states to ensure the right to life and safety of its people, especially from vicious acts of violence and terrorism," he said, adding that Israel would "ensure the humanitarian welfare" of Gaza. |
| Israel imposed its blockade last week in response to rocket attacks from Gaza, and the UN had warned that food aid to about 860,000 Gazans could be halted within days as a result. | Israel imposed its blockade last week in response to rocket attacks from Gaza, and the UN had warned that food aid to about 860,000 Gazans could be halted within days as a result. |