Egypt 'won't force Gazans back'

With the border wall knocked down between Gaza and Egypt by Hamas, I wonder if this is going to lead to the de-facto absorption of Gaza by Egypt. I have written about this in two earlier posts, here and here.

How long will Egypt allow unregulated crossings into their country? In the long term, Egypt is either going to have to rebuild the wall, put more troops on the border to control the flow or take over Gaza.

According to this article, Egypt 'won't force Gazans back', on the BBC website...

The BBC's Tim Franks in Rafah on the Gaza-Egypt border says it will be difficult for the Egyptians to reseal the border on their own, and Hamas has very little incentive to co-operate.

Palestinians have broken through the border before, in 2005, and it was quickly resealed with barbed wire, but reports say that on this occasion two-thirds of the border wall was destroyed.

I doubt Israel is going to back down on the blockade from their side of the fence which puts more pressure on Egypt to allow their fellow Muslims access to their country.

I personally think the Gazans would be better off as part of Egypt and Israel would be better off if Egypt (a country they have a peace treaty with) was responsible for the security in Gaza.