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Hamas Gaza Protest Passes Peacefully
[AP] Amy Teibel - Israel deployed thousands of troops and police along the border with Gaza on Monday, but a Hamas demonstration against Israel appeared to pass without incident. Organizers had hoped to form a human chain running the length of the 25-mile strip, but turnout was well below expectations. About 5,000 people, many of them schoolchildren, joined the chain outside of Beit Hanoun, about four miles from the border. After the protest ended, some 2,000 Hamas loyalists marched toward the Erez crossing until Hamas police blocked the road.