 The Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip has been reopened hours after a protest by Palestinian police officers forced it to close. The police, backed by gunmen from the Fatah party, had stormed the crossing, blocking access and forcing European Union monitors to leave. The monitors have now returned to the reopened border. The police were protesting at what they see as a lack of government support for their policing efforts in Gaza. On Wednesday, a UK human rights worker and her parents were kidnapped a short distance away. The Palestinian Authority took control of the crossing last month after a deal brokered by the US. Under the terms of the agreement, EU monitors must be present for the crossing to operate. Julio de la Guardia, a spokesman for the EU monitors, said they temporarily withdrew to the Israeli-controlled border crossing at Kerem Shalom after Palestinian police advised them to leave...
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