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Living with the breach: Israeli
strategists weigh Gaza options
Abed Rahim Khatib
Palestinians cross into Egypt after militants destroyed a border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Jan. 23, 2008. The forced entry came as Israel imposed a blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza in response to rockets fired on Sderot and other Israeli areas.
Israeli strategists are grappling with the policy options Hamas' breach of the Gaza-Egypt border has opened up: Should Israel try to slough off responsibility for Gaza onto Egypt, or would that bring terrorism, diplomatic crises and war?

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