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EU Gaza mission set to depart with limited mandate

by Mark Beunderman, Brussels,

An EU mission consisting of around 60 policemen and customs officials will start work at the Gaza-Egypt border next week, but the EU monitors will have no active enforcement role, EU diplomats say.

EU officials told EUobserver that the EU border mission is scheduled to start on 23 November and that it will consist of both policemen and customs officials.

The news comes after the announcement by US foreign secretary Condoleezza Rice earlier on Tuesday (15 November) that Israel ...

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