[Reuters] Egyptian police stopped three convoys of buses heading towards Gaza on Wednesday in what organizers called an attempt to break the blockade of the territory. "Before [the Suez Canal town of] Ismailia the security forces closed the road and took away the driving licenses of the drivers," said Badr Mohamed, a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the groups taking part. The Egyptian government contributes to the blockade of Gaza by refusing to open the Rafah crossing point without Israeli approval, as agreed in a 2005 deal.
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