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	Israeli Gaza Strip barrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are several crossing points in the barrier: Erez Crossing, the Rafah Crossing, Sufa Crossing, Kissufim Crossing, and the Karni Crossing used mainly for cargo.
		June 21, 2002: A militant infiltrates the Erez Crossing and hurls grenades.
		June 20, 2005: A Palestinian female suicide bomber was caught in the Erez Crossing, carrying explosives and a detonator in her underwear.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erez_crossing (1789 words)

	Hamas Head Dead
		Erez Crossing is on the northern border of the Gaza Strip.
		Erez means the Land, a reference to the Promised Land.
		The Erez Crossing terrorist bombing was a significant issue in the history of Israel.
	www.biblenews1.com /history4/20040417.htm (899 words)

	Israeli Gaza Strip barrier biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Erez Crossing is used as the main gateway for Palestinian workers to earn a living in the Israeli "Erez industrial zone " (EIZ).
		The opening at Erez crossing is vital for the Palestinian economy in the Gaza Strip and its closing cut off thousands of Palestinians from their jobs.
		September 14, 2001: 5 grenades are hurled at IDF forces at the Erez Crossing, wounding two Israeli Border Police officers.
	www.biography.ms /Erez_crossing.html (1286 words)

	Terrorist Attack at the Erez Terminal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On August 31, 2004, a Palestinian terrorist wearing explosive underwear was arrested at the Erez crossing.
		On March 6, 2004, four terrorists traveling in three vehicles (two of which were rigged with explosives) attempted to kill Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers at the Erez crossing.
		On June 20, 2003, a terrorist attack using a bicycle laden with explosives was thwarted at the Palestinian workers’ crossing near Ganei Tal.
	nyjtimes.com /cover/01-03-04/TerroristAttackAtErezTerminal.htm (812 words)

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		Two Palestinian terrorists arrived at the Erez crossing in north Gaza under cover of the night early Thursday and proceeded to open fire and hurl grenades toward the Israeli side of the border.
		Two weeks ago the operation of the Erez crossing was transferred to a civilian company, under Defense Ministry supervision, with IDF soldiers responsible for peripheral security.
		The Karni crossing, also in north Gaza, was recently shut down for three weeks due to warnings of a possible terror attack on the site with the use of an underground tunnel.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3213459,00.html (575 words)

	Suicide Bombing Attak
		The crossing itself was severely damaged and not only will a new one have to be built, but a temporary arrangement for the workers entering the area will have to be found.
		The Erez crossing, which is part of the complex, is a lifeline for the Gazan population; 12,000 of the workers who leave the Strip daily to work in Israel pass through it; 4,000 through it; 4,000 merchants and small business owners hold entrance permits.
		The Erez complex (industrial park and crossing) is a thorn in the side of the Palestinian terrorist organizations, i.e., Fatah (headed by Yassir Arafat), Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
	www.intelligence.org.il /eng/tr/erez_1_04.htm (1104 words)

	n i l e M e d i a . c o m
		A young, blue-eyed soldier with a crew cut and a machine gun watches me enter the main office at Erez.
		I thank him for being at Erez so promptly; for not making have to wait in that miserable place.
		Erez, it seems all your greetings have failed.
	www.nilemedia.com /Topics/News/2002/July/Welcome.html (643 words)

	Crosswalk.com
		This is the same crossing point that hundreds of Palestinians were planning to use to leave Gaza to participate in the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca.
		The Palestinians are leaving Gaza by way of the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip because the Rafah crossing along the Egyptian border was destroyed by Palestinian terrorists in December.
		The crossing and industrial zone have been targeted in a number of other terror attacks during the last two years, including suicide bombings and attempted suicide attacks.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/1305527.html?view=print (663 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to preliminary investigations conducted by PCHR, the incident at the Erez crossing began at 2am on Tuesday, 20 January 2004 when thousands of Palestinians were queuing to pass through the crossing to work in Israel.
		A number of witnesses have reported to PCHR that Israeli soldiers at the Erez crossing are now forcing Palestinian workers to remove their outer garments and walk slowly with their hands raised above their heads, before entering the checking area.
		PCHR further condemns the increasingly restrictive measures imposed on Palestinian workers at the Erez crossing which continue to be imposed in an arbitrary manner.
	www.pchrgaza.org /files/PressR/English/2004/07-2004.htm (556 words)

	Erez-crossing bomber's message
		Erez border crossing, Gaza Strip -- In the video she left before she died, Reem al-Riashi said she had dreamt of becoming a "martyr", that she wanted pieces of her body to fly like "deadly shrapnel".
		Yesterday they were sponging up her body parts from the floor, indistinguishable from the flesh of the four other people she murdered when she detonated the bomb in her vest.
		She talked her way past an Israeli security check at a border crossing out of the Gaza Strip, then set off her explosives, killing two Israeli soldiers, a member of the military-style border police, and an Israeli civilian.
	www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org /node.php?id=1061 (942 words)

	USATODAY.com - Female suicide bomber, 4 others die in Gaza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian mother of two blew herself up Wednesday at the main crossing point between Israel and the Gaza Strip, killing three Israeli soldiers and a private guard and wounding seven other people.
		The bomber, identified as Gaza resident Reem Raiyshi, 22, told soldiers at the crossing point that she would set off a metal detector because she had an implant from surgery to repair a broken leg.
		A Palestinian woman who identified herself only as Amena said she was waiting to get her permit renewed at the Erez crossing when four other Palestinian women entered an office ahead of her and the bomb went off.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-01-14-gaza-bombing_x.htm (1065 words)

	India - News - Palestinians Sealed Inside Gaza Border (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EREZ CROSSING - The Palestinian rush hour peaks at 4 am, when thousands of workers descend on this fortified border, crossing like ghosts in the darkness, sending out puffs of fog with each breath on a winter's morning.
		Israeli has tried to prevent potential militants from crossing the frontier with a variety of means.
		Olbeh's attack closed the Erez checkpoint, where tension was never far from the surface.
	www3.estart.com /india/news/palestineban.html (875 words)

	Three Soldier's, One Civilian Killed In Suicide Bombing
		The blast, at the Erez crossing, hit a building where Palestinian labourers enter a nearby industrial complex, Reuters quoted Israel radio as saying.
		The crossing is the main entry point into Israel for thousands of Palestinian workers.
		The Gaza Strip is surrounded by an Israeli security barrier, and none of the suicide bombers responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people inside Israel in the past three years of violence have come from there.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article5523.htm (359 words)

	USATODAY.com - Israel shuts Gaza Strip after bombing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel shut down the Gaza Strip on Thursday, preventing thousands of Palestinians from reaching jobs, after a female suicide bomber killed four Israelis at a crossing into Israel.
		The bomber, Reem Raiyshi, 22, mother of two small children, was escorted into a room at the Erez Crossing to be checked after telling soldiers she had a metal plate in her leg that set off the metal detector.
		The Erez crossing is routinely closed after Palestinian terror attacks.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-01-15-mideast_x.htm (993 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Three Palestinians killed at Gaza crossing
		The Israeli reports that none of its troops were hurt in the two attacks and that it has returned the bodies of the two militants killed in the initial clash to the Palestinian Authority.
		The Erez crossing, which is situated in the northern Gaza Strip, is the main border crossing for Palestinian workers traveling to jobs in Israel.
		The border crossing was closed by Israel for an undisclosed period in the wake of the first attack.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?id=14728 (422 words)

	Danger to Democracy \| Hamas By the Numbers \| AIPAC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jan 18, 2005 - An ISA officer was killed, an IDF officer seriously wounded, and 4 IDF soldiers and 3 members of the ISA were lightly wounded in a suicide bombing attack at the Gush Katif junction in the central Gaza Strip.
		May 20, 1994 - Staff Sgt. Moshe Bukra, 30, and Cpl. Erez Ben-Baruch, 24, were shot dead by Hamas terrorists at a roadblock one kilometer south of the Erez checkpoint in the Gaza Strip.
		Meir Mintz, commander of the IDF special forces in the Gaza area, was shot and killed by terrorists in an ambush on his jeep at the T-junction in Gaza.
	www.aipac.org /hamas/hamasAttacks.htm (3406 words)

	INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Israeli sources said that In the Erez attack the three fighters threw hand grenades and opened fire on the IOF soldiers stationed on the crossing, who back fire, killing two men and a third has escaped.
		Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah movement and the Popular Resistance Committees claimed joint responsibility for the Erez attack and asserted in a joint press release that the Erez military attack came as retaliation against the ongoing extra-judicial killing of resistance activists.
		"This was a joint attack by gunmen who penetrated the Erez crossing and opened fire at the soldiers who were unaware of their presence, causing casualties among the soldiers," Mohammed Hjazi, the Al Aqsa Brigades spokesman said.
	www.ipc.gov.ps /ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=13524 (540 words)

	Attacks on Gaza crossing points threaten Erez industrial zone: army
		The recent increase of Palestinian attacks against crossing points between the Gaza Strip and Israel is posing a serious threat to the future of the Erez industrial zone, a senior Israeli army officer said Tuesday.
		"Due to the terrible damage that the Erez industrial zone has suffered, there are serious question marks over whether we will be able to open it again and go back to the same level of economic activity as before," she said, without giving further details.
		Since the start of the year, Erez had been hit by a wave of attacks by militant groups.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040504150158.gfhhq63t.html (567 words)

	Senior official: Israel would move Erez, Rafah crossing as part of Gaza pullout : Indybay
		If the Egyptians agree, the Rafah crossing would be moved two kilometers (1.5 miles) south into Egyptian territory, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
		Moving the crossing points away from Gaza would end the cooperation between Israeli and Palestinian security forces mandated by interim peace accords in the 1990s.
		Also, distancing the crossings from Gaza itself would reinforce Israel's contention that the pullout means the end of its occupation of Gaza, though Palestinians complain that Israel plans to maintain control of its borders and air space.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2004/06/13/16852461.php (398 words)

	Erez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Erez (Hebrew: ארז, meaning cedar) is a common Israeli given name.
		The Erez Battalion, part of the security examination section in the Israeli Military Police, which supervises a multitude of Israel Defense Forces checkpoints.
		One of several individual IDF checkpoints, notably the Gaza Strip Erez crossing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erez (142 words)

	MIFTAH.ORG--'Herding Cattle' at Erez
		The Erez Crossing Point is the crossing point for people moving into and out of Gaza.
		Is the Erez Crossing Point designed in such a way as to diminish the level of stress it causes to human beings that pass through it?
		All three crossings at Gaza: Karni—a passage for goods, Erez—a passage for people, and Rafah—a passage to Egypt, were set up under the 1993 Oslo accords to improve living conditions in Gaza.
	www.miftah.org /PrinterF.cfm?DocId=7808 (605 words)

	Erez border crossing partly closed due to terror threat - Haaretz - Israel News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Erez crossing on the Gaza-Israel border was partly closed Friday morning due to a terror threat.
		Before dawn Friday, the border crossing was totally closed, but it was partly reopened in the morning.
		The Rafah border crossing is slated to open November 25, when European inspectors are set to arrive to monitor compliance with the border agreements.
	www.haaretz.com /hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=647203 (776 words)

	Keyword
		Due to the fact it was such a close range, they missed their target, instead hitting a PLO "police" position near the Erez Crossing.
		Erez Crossing, Gaza, is where Palestinian Authority Arabs have to go through in order to get to Israel for work.
		Erez Battalion commander Lt.-Col. Yossi Hadad told The Jerusalem Post that the terrorists either infiltrated the industrial zone via a tunnel linked to a sewerage manhole or climbed over the fence.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=erez (1341 words)

	albawaba.com middle east news information::Israel kills three Palestinians near Gaza Strip crossing; Abbas condemns ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The two men attacked the Erez crossing, throwing hand grenades and firing on Israeli occupation soldiers.
		"This was a joint attack by gunmen who penetrated the Erez crossing and opened fire on the soldiers who were unaware of their presence, causing casualties among the soldiers," said a spokesman for the Palestinian attackers, who refused to be named.
		The Erez checkpoint is the main crossing for Palestinian who wish to enter Israel.
	www.albawaba.com /en/countries/Palestine/194473 (358 words)

	BBC News \| MIDDLE EAST \| Middle East diary: At the Erez crossing
		From Gaza this morning to the Erez crossing.
		And Israel's solution to ending the siege at the Church of the Nativity was to send some of the Palestinian militants into internal exile here.
		The Palestinians say that in the old days when Erez was busy, the soldiers would send people through narrow metal-fenced channels designed to make it impossible to carry luggage.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/1986766.stm (518 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Israeli military sources say four Palestinians are among the wounded, although there were very few Palestinians at the crossing at the time of the blast because most had already made the crossing into Israel hours earlier.
		The Erez crossing is now closed and the Israeli Army commander at the border crossing has told CNN that this blast will harm cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians and it will affect the livelihoods of 20,000 Palestinians who cross into Israel every day.
		The Erez crossing itself, though, has often been the target of attacks by pmts in the past.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0401/14/lad.11.html (487 words)

	CNN.com - Israel to reopen Erez border crossing - Jan. 17, 2004
		Israel will reopen the Erez crossing between the Jewish state and Gaza for the first time since a female suicide bomber killed four Israelis earlier this week, Palestinian security sources said Saturday.
		The sources said the Israeli army told them that the crossing point between Gaza and Israel will be open for Palestinian workers from 3 a.m.
		The crossing has been closed since Wednesday, when a female suicide bomber killed four Israelis at a checkpoint leading to the Erez industrial zone.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/01/17/israel.gaza.crossing/index.html (278 words)

	israelinsider: security:Security talks resume at Erez crossing
		Senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials met at the Erez crossing on Saturday night in an effort to resume security cooperation between the sides.
		A representative of the CIA was reportedly in attendance at the Saturday night meeting, which took place at the civilian liaison offices at Erez.
		Israeli sources reported that the meeting was held at the request of the Palestinians, but the Jerusalem Post reported Palestinian sources that claimed the meeting took place at the behest of the United States.
	www.israelinsider.com /channels/security/articles/sec_0033.htm (415 words)

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