""-snip- The attack on an army outpost came as Egypt's new president, the Islamist Muhammad Mursi, was seen as making overtures to Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers, who had strained relations with his overthrown predecessor Hosni Mubarak. -snip-""

"" -snip- Egyptian officials have charged that some of the 35 gunmen who stormed the army post had crossed from Gaza through the network of smuggling tunnels that run under the border.
But Gaza's Hamas rulers have said no Palestinians are suspected of involvement in the attack. -snip-""

1. Why would Hamas or any other group in Gaza attack an Egyptian outpost, just when they are establishing a rapport with Egypt's new government? The idea has little or no credibility!

2. Hamas is probably in a better position than you Bruce, to know whether they or any of other Gazans were involved.

The above is more supportive of my take on the situation than yours.

So, once again, WHO has most to gain from restrictions on the Gaza/Egypt border further isolating Gaza.

It is certainly diverting attention from the creeping annexation of the West Bank, which the UN has condemned as illegal.

Don T.