"Around 16,500 Palestinians have crossed Egypt's border with Gaza since it was opened June 1 after Israel's attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a security source said Friday.
The source in the border town of Rafah said that some 1,930 were not allowed to cross the border after it was discovered that they carried forged visas.
Israel and Egypt have maintained a blockade on the Gaza Strip since Hamas took control of the area in 2007. Occasionally, Egypt has opened the Rafah border for three or four-day periods.
This is the first time that the border has been opened for an indefinite time."
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