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Egypt Detains Pro-Palestinian Activists Ahead of Gaza Solidarity March

Egypt Detains Pro-Palestinian Activists Ahead of Gaza Solidarity March

Egyptian authorities have detained more than 200 pro-Palestinian activists who arrived in Cairo by plane as part of a solidarity march to Gaza to push for increased humanitarian aid access to the enclave. A convoy that left Tunisia for Gaza is currently blocked in Libya.

“Over 200 participants were detained at Cairo airport or questioned at hotels across Cairo,” the march’s spokesperson, Saif Abukeshek, told France’s AFP news agency on Thursday.

The detainees included people from Algeria,…

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