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January 24, 2008

Hole in the Wall Mart: Gazans Hit the Shops

by Ros Taylor, Guardian News Blog, UK - "I don't know who did it," one "cheerful" Gazan taxi driver tells the Independent. "He was returning from Egypt finally in possession of the means of earning the livelihood a seven-month Israeli blockade had gradually denied him: tyres, car batteries, diesel and spare parts, costing some $1,300 (£650)."

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