Spread unrest in neighboring Egypt into the Gaza Strip, stranding thousands of people on both sides of the border, causing fuel shortages Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins.
Immediate crisis is threatening split families and large extended family gathered in the Gaza Strip, the meals every night to break the daily Ramadan create new difficulties.
Some relief is in sight. Egyptian officials say they will re-crossing six hours on Wednesday, but they do not promise to make smuggling tunnels, a key funnel many goods entering the Gaza Strip, Israel, through its port type restriction of imports, punitive and security reasons.
"Gaza is a trap, once you get, do not you know when you can get rid of," said Nawal Fahmy, a 42-year-old Gaza man who is trying to return to her home in Saudi Arabia Ramadan. "You are a political hostage."
Fahmy, the teacher who is visiting relatives in Gaza before the holidays and found thousands of Rafah border crossing closed. While thousands of people in Egypt, waiting to return to Gaza.
With FCA, Egyptian officials in Cairo airport detained dozens of Palestinians in Gaza direction and force them to fly back to their starting point. Typically, they will pass through the land of Egypt Sinai and into Gaza through the Rafah crossing.
Egypt at the Rafah crossing point, the main man out of Gaza crossing points, in the limited operation Islamist President Mohammed Mursi June 30 after stepping down, simply turn it off on Friday.
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Major General Sami Mitwalli, who is responsible for the border, on the Egyptian side, confirmed plans to open the crossing.
Maher Abu Sabha, the Palestinian border officials said 12,000 people waiting for travel, including college students, people who work in foreign countries, or persons unable to Gaza medical services.
He said that thousands of people still waiting to go home, including 800 Muslim pilgrims stranded in Saudi Arabia and Egypt have not been allowed to board flights.
Egyptian military has closed many bustling systems often run 15 kilometers (9 miles) border smuggling tunnels. Egyptian militants care movement back and forth between Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula through illegal tunnels, because it is trying to control the jihad elements in the desert peninsula.
Israel restricted access, cement, glass and other building materials into Gaza, saying that they could change the behavior of Hamas military purposes and shipped from Israel to Egypt fuel subsidies, more than double fuel prices. Israel's blockade of Gaza when Hamas came to power in 2007, but eased over the years. Hamas is a bitter enemy of Israel.
Suddenly Egypt Gaza fuel shortages have led to long lines at gas stations in recent days. Uncharacteristically light on Gaza's long-term road traffic congestion. Power, has been in Gaza has deteriorated.
"We are approaching Ramadan, if the crisis continues, it means that everyone in Gaza difficult," Saleh Ibrahim, said 33-year-old taxi driver. "There is no fuel in the case of life in Gaza will be paralyzed."
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Egypt itself is suffering from fuel shortages, evidence of its economic crisis, at least partly explains the Gaza shipments decreased.
Guy INBA R, Israeli defense officials said Israel is ready to add fuel or other materials through special cargo transport port. He said that Hamas does not recognize Israel, has not made any such request. "All the Palestinians need to do is ask them," he said.
Gaza power company said it would ration fuel to ensure that all regions during Ramadan receive 12 hours of power a day.
Dr. Ashraf AL-Qedra, the Hamas Ministry of Health spokesman said that many key services have been shrinking.
"We are trying to deal with the crisis, we reduced the number of our services and rescheduling non-emergency surgery," he said. "We have to stop using our cars and 40% of them only for emergencies."
Ihab Ghussein, Hamas government spokesman warned that other departments, such as sewage treatment and public transport, but also threats. Egypt crackdown tunnels, began last month, the construction sector has ground to a standstill.
Ghussein said that the government had been in contact with Egypt to ease fuel shortages and travel restrictions.
 



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