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Anxious Gazans trying to leave blockaded territory (AP)

June 8th, 2010

Palestinians wait for Hamas police officers to check their passports as they wait to cross to Egypt, at Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday June 8, 2010. The opening of Gaza's gateway to the world has turned into a scene of extreme anxiety with hundreds crowding around border officials to learn when, and if, they can cross into Egypt. Gazans sealed in for three years are grateful just to have the hope after Israel's deadly raid on a blockade-busting flotilla focused attention on the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - A Palestinian who had to delay graduate school in Malaysia and an elderly man forced to put off eye surgery in Egypt are among thousands anxiously trying to get out of Gaza now that the blockaded territory’s gateway to the world has opened just a little.


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