The politics of the controlling the Egypt-Gaza border

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced a unilateral ceasefire after 22 days of attacks, saying that Israel attainted its goals. One of its stated primary objectives was to end the delivery of weapons into Gaza through Egypt's border with the Palestinian territory. During the three weeks of bombardment on Gaza, Israel attacked the seven and a half mile long border on Gaza's side in an effort to destroy suspected tunnels that have been used to smuggle food, medicine and weapons into Gaza. Aya Batrawy reports from the Egyptian-Gaza border.

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