Thursday, January 24 in the news....
- Tens of thousands of Gazans flooded into Egypt on Wednesday through a border fence blown up by militants - puncturing a gaping hole in Israel's airtight closure of the Gaza Strip and giving a boost to Hamas. In a shopping spree that was both festive and frenzied, Gazans cleared out stores in an Egyptian border town, buying up everything from TV sets to soft drinks to cigarettes. The shopping spree saw men with four wives being dragged around and may encourage the Israelis to blockade shopping sprees next to stop Hamas recruiting these men for suicide operations.
