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Hamas hands over control of Gaza Strip border to Palestinian Authority

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The main gate of the Rafah crossing border with Egypt, in the Southern Gaza Strip,Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Source: AAP-AP-Khalil Hamra

Hamas handed over control of the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt to the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday in a first key test of a reconciliation accord agreed last month.


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By Virginia Padovese

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Hamas handed over control of the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt to the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday in a first key test of a reconciliation accord agreed last month.


Hamas handed over control of the Gaza Strip's borders with Egypt and Israel to the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday in the first key test of a landmark Palestinian reconciliation accord agreed last month.

We talk about it with Italian journalist Michele Giorgio from Jerusalem.


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