Arms, Ammunition Arrive From Egypt For P.A. Forces

Two thousand AK-47 automatic rifles, 20,000 magazines and two million rounds of ammunition have been provided to P.A. Chairman Mahmoud ‘Abbas’ troops in the Gaza Strip by Egypt with Israel‘s approval. The arms arrived in Gaza on Wednesday. Fatah forces loyal to ‘Abbas have complained that, because Hamas controls the smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, it receives better weaponry – and more of it. The United States had urged Israeli Prime Minister Olmert to permit Egypt to provide arms to those supporting ‘Abbas. Olmert gave his approval as part of a list of goodwill gestures he made when he met with ‘Abbas on Saturday.