Gaza Crisis

A few days ago, the Egyptian government opened its border to the Palestinians. Why? Because Israel has put a blockage on the residents of Gaza meaning they can not enter nor leave the city. The city is runned by Hamas "militants" but seriously...are they really a threat to the Israelis?? They can barely run their own city and they were democratically voted in! The other issue that i had with this crisis was that the Gaza residents that were pouring into Egypt were called MILITANTS! these are not "militants" but simple residents going into Egypt to get simple basic needs like as quoted from the CBC article...

"Tens of thousands of Palestinians have since streamed across the border to buy items such as fuel, food, cleaning supplies, televisions, crates of soft drinks and cigarettes — items in short supply in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Others reunited with relatives they hadn't seen in months or years."

"El-Ramadi recalled the joy she felt when she managed to cross into Egypt on Wednesday to shop for basic items hard to come by in Gaza. "I went there to buy things that my children ask for: cookies, sweets," she said. "They miss them a lot."
Simple basic needs that the Israeli government has blocked off that the Gaza residents can not get but are relying on Egypt to get their needs to live.

Also according to the CBC article on Friday, Israel carried out strikes on Hamas "militiamen" in the town of Rafah.

"Israel and Egypt have banned most crossings in and out of Gaza since Hamas seized control of the territory in June. Egypt has kept its border closed, tacitly supporting Israel's blockade out of fear of a spillover of Hamas-style militancy to its territory. El-Ramadi said Gazans will be extremely frustrated if Egypt closes the border and they are sealed in the territory again. "We will be back in the prison," she said."

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