> Egyptian security forces have arrested a man who was attempting to
> transfer USD 2 million of aid to the beleaguered Gaza Strip.
>
> The man, named Hassan Mohamed Hassouna, was trying to take the sum
> to the northern Sinai Peninsula from which it was supposed to reach
> the Palestinians, in desperate need of aid after three weeks of
> Israeli onslaught.
>
> Last week, however, the Egyptian security forces arrested Hassouna,
> his driver and eight-year-old son in Cairo before putting the three
> in detention, Reuters reported.
>
> The arrest follows other instances in which Cairo prevented the
> Israeli-blockaded coastal strip from receiving financial assistance.
>
> Substantially restraining the area, Egypt closed its Rafah border
> crossing with the strip when it came under unrelenting Israeli raids
> claiming the border post was an Egyptian-Israeli crossing and should
> not be used without the Tel Aviv's permission.
>
> The Rafah crossing is the Gaza Strip's only border that bypasses
> Israel. Right and Humanitarian groups have been frequently stalled
> in Egypt before they could find their way into the coastal strip to
> deliver aid and supplies.
>
> The Egyptian authorities are also accused of preferential treatment
> towards Hamas' rivaling movement Fatah, during the recent Cairo-
> sponsored peace talks between the two sides.
>
> The two Palestinian groups have been at odd since Hamas took over
> Gaza after Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas sacked the democratically
> elected Ismail Haniyeh as prime minister.
>
> Egypt's actions have prompted strong reactions from the Lebanese
> resistance group Hezbollah which holds Cairo responsible for the
> aggravation of the current oppression against the Palestinian public.
> transfer USD 2 million of aid to the beleaguered Gaza Strip.
>
> The man, named Hassan Mohamed Hassouna, was trying to take the sum
> to the northern Sinai Peninsula from which it was supposed to reach
> the Palestinians, in desperate need of aid after three weeks of
> Israeli onslaught.
>
> Last week, however, the Egyptian security forces arrested Hassouna,
> his driver and eight-year-old son in Cairo before putting the three
> in detention, Reuters reported.
>
> The arrest follows other instances in which Cairo prevented the
> Israeli-blockaded coastal strip from receiving financial assistance.
>
> Substantially restraining the area, Egypt closed its Rafah border
> crossing with the strip when it came under unrelenting Israeli raids
> claiming the border post was an Egyptian-Israeli crossing and should
> not be used without the Tel Aviv's permission.
>
> The Rafah crossing is the Gaza Strip's only border that bypasses
> Israel. Right and Humanitarian groups have been frequently stalled
> in Egypt before they could find their way into the coastal strip to
> deliver aid and supplies.
>
> The Egyptian authorities are also accused of preferential treatment
> towards Hamas' rivaling movement Fatah, during the recent Cairo-
> sponsored peace talks between the two sides.
>
> The two Palestinian groups have been at odd since Hamas took over
> Gaza after Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas sacked the democratically
> elected Ismail Haniyeh as prime minister.
>
> Egypt's actions have prompted strong reactions from the Lebanese
> resistance group Hezbollah which holds Cairo responsible for the
> aggravation of the current oppression against the Palestinian public.
From Press TV
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