Egypt allows Palestinians to cross back into Gaza

RAFAH, Egypt-Egypt temporarily opened a border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Thursday to allow around 200 Palestinians stranded in Egypt to return home, Egyptian security sources said.Hamas militants blew a hole in the border in January, allowing Palestinians to flood into Egypt to seek relief from an Israeli blockade. The border has since been resealed, stranding hundreds of Palestinians inside Egypt.Many of the Palestinians, who returned home through the Rafah crossing, had been living with relatives in towns on Egypt's Sinai peninsula, the sources said.Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has said Egypt was working to lift the blockade of Gaza and reopen the Rafah crossing, where Hamas has demanded a key role. Hamas seized control of Gaza in June.The Egyptian government says it would like the Palestinian Authority, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, to take charge at the crossing point. Abbas and his Fatah group have little influence in Gaza.

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