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RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The opening of the Gaza Strip’s main gateway to the outside world this weekend provides relief for its population and hands the Palestinian territory’s Hamas rulers a significant achievement.
Egypt’s plans to open the Rafah crossing on its border with Gaza today have raised Israeli worries that Hamas militants will be able to move more freely in and out of the long-blockaded territory.
The blockade has allowed only a trickle of Gazans to leave the densely populated coastal strip.
