The entry, through the closed Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border, was the result of what Hamas said was an agreement it made with Egypt.
Scores of Palestinian militants who had been stranded in Egypt since Hamas seized Gaza in June returned to the territory on Sunday, witnesses said, signaling possible new accommodation between Cairo and the Islamist group.
Under cover of darkness, Egypt has allowed dozens of stranded Palestinians to return to the Gaza Strip. In a rare sign of cooperation between Egypt and Gaza's Hamas rulers, the returning Palestinians, included prominent Hamas members.
Egypt abruptly allowed about 100 Palestinians who had been stranded in Egypt since Hamas seized the Gaza Strip in mid-June to return home before dawn yesterday, witnesses said. Most were supporters of the Islamic militant Hamas or gunmen from other factions wanted by Israel, they said.
EGYPT abruptly allowed about 100 Palestinians who had been stranded since Hamas seized the Gaza Strip in mid-June to return home before dawn on Sunday, witnesses said. Most were supporters of the Islamic militant group Hamas.
The Chinese embassy in Egypt held a reception here on Sunday evening to celebrate the 58th anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of China. Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Wu Sike said at the reception that China has made g ...
EGYPT is to resume shooting and poisoning stray dogs in Cairo's twin city of Giza because veterinary services say it is too expensive to sterilise them.
Around 100 Palestinians, most of them members of Hamas, passed through Rafah border crossing into the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, after being stranded for more than 100 days in Egypt, witnesses said. They left Gaza before Hamas moveme ...
Associated Press - September 30, 2007 12:33 PM ET GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Under cover of darkness, Egypt has allowed dozens of stranded Palestinians to return to the Gaza Strip.
CAIRO, Sept 30 - Orascom Telecom will bid for Egypt's second fixed-line phone licence which the government plans to sell in 2008, Egypt's official Middle East News Agency reported on Sunday.