A Palestinian drags a sack of smuggled goods along a tunnel that runs under the border between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt terminating on the Gaza side in the Rafah refugee camp on 24, June 2008. Egypt told Israel today that it will keep its Rafah crossing with Gaza closed until the fate of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is resolved, a senior Israeli official said. Israel has eased some of its restrictions on Gaza as part of a truce with Palestinian militants that began last week, but made any opening of Rafah, the only crossing that bypasses Israel, conditional on a prisoner swap. Getty Images logo Getty Images 17 months ago

A Palestinian drags a sack of smuggled goods along a tunnel that runs under the border between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt terminating on the Gaza side in the Rafah refugee camp on 24, June 2008. Egypt told Israel today that it will keep its Rafah crossing with Gaza closed until the fate of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is resolved, a senior Israeli official said. Israel has eased some of its restrictions on Gaza as part of a truce with Palestinian militants that began last week, but made any opening of Rafah, the only crossing that bypasses Israel, conditional on a prisoner swap.

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