[Jerusalem Post] Herb Keinon and Yaakov Katz - Israel's top defense echelon sent videotapes to the Israeli Embassy in Washington showing Egyptian border policemen assisting a group of 80 Hamas terrorists crossing illegally into Gaza through a hole they had cut in the border fence. Defense officials said there was also evidence that the Egyptians were assisting Hamas with smuggling weapons into Gaza. However, Israel's political and diplomatic echelon decided not to show the tape to Congress out of a desire not to escalate tension with Cairo by becoming directly involved in lobbying against Egypt in Congress. The Bush administration is also opposed to pushing too far on the issue at the present time.
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