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Hamas carefully prepared the demolition of the wall demarcating the Gaza Strip from Egypt.


Hamas carefully prepared the demolition of the wall demarcating the Gaza Strip from Egypt. Taking everyone by surprise, hundreds of thousands of Gazans swarmed across. Even more surprising, they proved not to be the poverty-stricken folk of politically motivated myth, but bought everything for sale in Egyptian shops--cars, bikes, cattle, provisions--raising local prices and making themselves even more unpopular than they already were. Israeli sources claim that Hamas members also carried in better and heavier military equipment than had previously been at their disposal, and that gangs dispersed into the surrounding Sinai Desert to prepare for attack. Sure enough, two suicide bombers reached the town of Dimona, where the Israeli nuclear plant is. One exploded himself, the other was shot dead before he could detonate. Egyptian police have meanwhile shot and killed another Gazan preparing a terror attack, and their army engineers are in the process of rebuilding the wall of separation. Subsidized by Iran, Hamas believes that taking out Israel is a simple matter of pulling down walls and smuggling weapons. One day, it will get the war it is asking for so recklessly.

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Title Annotation:The Week
Publication:National Review
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:7EGYP
Date:Feb 25, 2008
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