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29 December 2008

●Nasrallah calls on Egyptians to open Rafah

PartiesHezbollahEgyptHamas / Islamic Jihad

On 28 December 2008, the second day of the "Cast Lead" aggression, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called on the Egyptian people and army to press for the opening of the Rafah crossing "even by the millions", and Cairo answered by accusing him of inciting a coup; a public crisis with Egypt that lasted until 2011.

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