Rafah
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The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip reopened, five days after its closure by Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues, witnesses said.
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The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, closed for five days by border Egyptian security officers angered at a kidnapping, was reopened early. Two of the captives had worked at the crossing.
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Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, witnesses said, while checks are made.
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Egypt sent police reinforcements to the Sinai after an attack on a police camp in the wake of the kidnapping of security personnel. The abductions in the Sinai prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel.
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Egyptian police closed the Rafah border crossing with Gaza in protest at the kidnapping of colleagues in the Sinai peninsula, a security source and witnesses said.
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Palestinians and Arab Israelis are preparing to mark Nakba Day on May 15 which commemorates the exodus of hundreds of thousands of their kin after the establishment of Israel state in 1948.
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People in the Gaza Strip use fish for treating skin diseases, such as psoriasis and fungus. People can get a fish treatment a Alaa Abu Ghali's center, in the Rafah refugee camp
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Mark the 65th "Nakba" in reference to the birth of the state of Israel 65 years ago in British-mandate, which led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who were driven out of their homes during 1948 war over Israel's creation.
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Internet giant Google has recognised the Palestinians' upgraded UN status, placing the name "Palestine" on its search engine instead of "Palestinian Territories".
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An Israeli aircraft hit a site belonging to Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket militants fired from the territory into southern Israel, the Israeli military said.
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Palestinians begin harvesting wheat at the beginning of the season for export abroad. They fear getting product across boarder with repeated closure of border crossings.
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Members of a Palestinian youth skate team wore ghost face masks as they took part in a rally to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held inside Israeli jails ahead of Palestinian prisoner's day in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
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Hamas accused Western and Arab spy agencies of operating in the Gaza Strip and said it had a list of alleged collaborators. Have started arresting suspected "collaborators" with Israel after a month-long amnesty ended, a Hamas official said.
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The apiary 450 bees produce some 4.000 kilos of honey every year, that are exclusively sold in the Gaza Strip.
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The blast occurred as Israeli army vehicles entered the strip and began bulldozing farmland, witnesses said.
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