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Three women told the Associated Press they were handcuffed, blindfolded and interrogated by Israeli troops at a checkpoint in an area of Gaza under Israeli military control. 'They threatened to detain me and I won't return to my children,' one woman said
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Many hoped the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza would bring relief to the war-battered territory, but for the first few Palestinians allowed to cross, it proved more harrowing than a homecoming.
