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MIDEAST - ISRAEL - GAZA - PULLOUT - EGYPT - WALL

MIDEAST - ISRAEL - GAZA - PULLOUT - EGYPT - WALL
Palestinian men struggle to slip through a small window in a steel wall leading from the Southern Gaza Strip Palestinian city of Rafah to Egypt 14 September 2005. Palestinians who crossed into Egypt following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza border three days ago have until 1500 GMT toy to leave, an Egyptian security source said.The source said police were touring the Egyptian side of the divided border town of Rafah with loud-hailers and urging Palestinians to return home voluntarily or face arrest and deportation. Egypt's ambassador vowed earlier Wednesday that his country would maintain law and order on its border with Gaza after Israel again asked that the frontier be sealed at once. AFP PHOTO/ Pedro UGARTE
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