Egypt has begun detaining and deporting hundreds of activists who arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to join the Global March to Gaza, a mass mobilization that describes itself as a nonviolent, civilian-led effort to end Israel's siege of Gaza. The march plans to culminate in an encampment at the Rafah border crossing.

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