The Independent - London, January 26th, 2008
Egyptian security forces tried yesterday to begin the difficult process of closing the Sinai border with Gaza after a two-day breach which allowed tens of thousands of Palestinians to pour through and beat a blockade imposed by Israel.
Steel-helmeted riot police with batons and perspex shields began replacing barbed wire coils along the crossing's perimeter and closing several gates and gaps on the Egyptian side of the 100- metre wide strip of no man's land that separates the country from Gaza.
But the operation suffered a sudden setback when scores of Palestinians rushed into Egypt through ...
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