Monday, August 19, 2013

Egypt's turmoil overshadows life in Gaza | ummid.com

Egypt's turmoil overshadows life in Gaza | ummid.com
Historically and geographically, the Gaza Strip has been directly linked to Egypt. Since Hamas's takeover of Gaza in 2007 and the subsequent Israeli blockade, the Egyptian border town Rafah has been the main gate of the enclave to the outside world, Xinhua reported.