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GAZA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's political quake and the call for changing the regime of President Hosni Mubarak have seriously impacted on the situation in the Gaza Strip, due to the geographic, political and historic ties between the coastal enclave and its neighbor.Since the unrest broke out in Egypt last week, the residents of the Gaza Strip, ruled by Islamic Hamas movement, have followed with deep concerns the situation in Egypt, wondering the future of the regime and the influence on them.
Right after the protests erupted in Egypt, the Egyptian security forces immediately shut down Rafah crossing point on the borders with the Gaza Strip, while the deposed government of Hamas deployed dozens of its police personnel along the borderline with Egypt.
The closure of the crossing point refrained the business of smuggling food, fuel and construction raw materials through the tunnels under the borderline between Egypt and Gaza, which increased fears and concerns in the enclave.
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