Posted on 05/01/06
Flouting authority of Abbas, Palestinians storm into Egypt
RAFAH, GAZA STRIP -- Hundreds of angry Palestinians streamed into Egypt yesterday after militants with stolen bulldozers broke through a border wall, leaving two Egyptian soldiers dead and 30 wounded by gunfire.About 3,000 Egyptian Interior Ministry troops who initially had no orders to fire swarmed the border but were forced to withdraw about a half-mile, said security forces Lieutenant Sameh el-Antablyan, who announced the casualties.
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