Most Palestinians back in Gaza from Egypt

EL-ARISH, Egypt (AFP) — More than half of the estimated 6,000 Palestinians stranded in Egypt have made it back to Gaza since Israel started allowing them passage a week ago, an Egyptian security source told AFP.

On Sunday, 950 Palestinians reached the Al-Oja (Nizana) cargo crossing on the Egypt-Israel border, south of the divided town of Rafah, the official said, bringing to around 3,350 the number of Palestinians to have crossed.

Israel began allowing the Palestinians to return home on July 29, after they had been stranded for more than six weeks since the Gaza Strip was taken over on June 15 by the Islamist Hamas movement.

The Palestinians ...