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Palestinians load bags on top of a taxi before travelling to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip AFP
Palestinians load bags on top of a taxi before travelling to Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip AFP
Gazans at border with Egypt seek to escape blockade
Travellers pay up to $2,000 for 'co-ordination' to cross the only border post not controlled by Israel
Agence France Presse
October 21, 2018