Hamas official caught at border with more than $1 million
CNN
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Gaza City (Palestine) :
European monitors at a crossing between Gaza and Egypt caught a Hamas official Friday carrying about 900,000 euros, Palestinian officials said.
That amount is worth more than a million dollars.
The Associated Press identified the official as Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri.
International monitors have operated at the crossing in the wake of Israel's historic pullout from Gaza last year. The monitors are charged with checking for contraband, which sometimes includes weapons.
There was fresh violence Friday in Gaza as members of Hamas and Fatah clashed in the region. The two factions have battled frequently since Hamas won control of the Palestinian government earlier this year, ending decades of Fatah rule.
May 19, 2006
CNN
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Gaza City (Palestine) :
European monitors at a crossing between Gaza and Egypt caught a Hamas official Friday carrying about 900,000 euros, Palestinian officials said.
That amount is worth more than a million dollars.
The Associated Press identified the official as Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri.
International monitors have operated at the crossing in the wake of Israel's historic pullout from Gaza last year. The monitors are charged with checking for contraband, which sometimes includes weapons.
There was fresh violence Friday in Gaza as members of Hamas and Fatah clashed in the region. The two factions have battled frequently since Hamas won control of the Palestinian government earlier this year, ending decades of Fatah rule.
May 19, 2006
