A Hamas policeman shouts in front of a burning building following an Israel air strike in Gaza Strip, December 28, 2008. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)From Haaretz:
Gaza residents on Sunday breached the border fence with Egypt in several places and hundreds have crossed the frontier prompting Egyptian border guards to open fire, said officials and witnesses on both sides of the border.
The breach came one day after Israel launched the largest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip since it captured the territory in 1967, leaving some 286 people dead and scores wounded.
An Egyptian security official said there were at least five breaches along the 9 mile (14 kilometer) border and hundreds of Palestinian residents were pouring in.
At least 300 Egyptian border guards rushed to the area to reseal the border, the official added on condition on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
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My Comment: If a ground invasion starts .... hundreds of thousands of Gazans are going to flee into Egypt. I am sure that Egypt is not ready for such a human flood of refugees.
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