Gazans make new border wall hole
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Hundreds of thousands have surged into Egypt to buy supplies since the first breaches were made on Wednesday.
Egypt earlier said it was closing the border and had sent in extra troops to drive back the Palestinians.
The Islamist movement Hamas, which controls Gaza, said it supported Egypt's decision to close the border.
Israel has demanded Egypt take action, as it is worried about arms smuggling.
The UN has estimated that as much as half of Gaza's 1.5 million population has crossed the border in defiance of the Israeli blockade imposed in retaliation for rocket attacks.
Barbed wire
The large yellow bulldozer was driven to the border from the Gaza side, ploughing headlong into the border fence.
The BBC's Ian Pannell at the border says Egyptian security forces seem to have given up their efforts to stop the Palestinians streaming through.
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"The gaps shouldn't be closed because they provide urgent assistance to the Palestinians, said Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri.
Hundreds of Palestinians rushed into Egypt on Friday after Hamas militants used a bulldozer knocked over a new section of the Gaza border wall.
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Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said Thursday that Israel wants to relinquish all responsibility for the Gaza Strip, including the supply of electricity and water, now that the territory's southern border with Egypt has been opened. "We need to understand that when Gaza is open to the other side we lose responsibility for it. So we want to disconnect from it." (AP)
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Egypt Won't Take Control of Gaza
Hossam Zaki, the official spokesman for Egypt's foreign ministry, said Thursday of Israeli hints that it was thinking of giving up all responsibility for Gaza now that its border with Egypt is open: "This is a wrong assumption." "The current situation is only an exception and for temporary reasons," Zaki said. "The border will go back to normal." (Jerusalem Post)