Hamas sees being walled off as a crime against their humanity
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Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:21:37 GMT
Children in the Gaza Strip
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Palestine's Hamas movement has condemned Egypt's plans to
build a metal wall along the Gaza Strip as a crime against
humanity.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum has said the move will further
block humanitarian assistance to the besieged impoverished
region.
Receiving full cooperation of the Egyptian authorities,
Israel has long imposed a complete siege on the already
impoverished Gaza Strip, causing a humanitarian crisis in
the Palestinian sliver.
Gaza's economy has been devastated in the wake of a long-
imposed Israeli siege and Egypt's sealing of the borders,
leaving Palestinians hungry for basic goods and commodities.
Barhoum has advised Egyptian officials to stand against the
economic blockade on Gaza and help open crossings for the
1.5 million people living in the coastal strip.
Egypt has started building a 10-kilometer underground super-
strength steel wall along its border with the Gaza Strip to
prevent Gazans from digging what has been described as
survival tunnels which help them bring in their basic
necessities like food and fuel.
Reports say US army engineers are assisting Egyptian
officials in the construction of the wall which will go for
18 meters beneath the ground.
The completion of the wall is expected to take 18 months.
The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli siege ever since
Hamas resistance movement, which does not recognize Israel,
won Parliamentary elections in 2007.
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