EU demands opening of Egypt-Gaza border for aid
The European Union yesterday called for the border between Gaza and Egypt to be opened, saying it was deeply concerned by the poor conditions facing Palestinians stranded there.
Israel has blockaded Gaza after the abduction of an Israeli soldier during an attack on a military post at the end of June.
"We demand the opening of the frontiers for humanitarian aid and for the people stranded on the Egyptian side of the border to be able to return to their homes," Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, told a news conference.
"I have heard that there may have been also already some casualties among the hundreds of Palestinians stranded (on the Egyptian border)," he said.
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