Hamas announced on Monday it had reached an agreement to seal the Rafah border crossing and would deploy troops to the area. The statement came a day after a meeting between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday. The two discussed the Gaza border issue but Israel rejected Palestinian requests to hand them full responsibility .
. On Monday Egyptian storekeepers said they had run out of goods to sell to the Gazans, and some even shut down their stores.
A top Iranian diplomat on Sunday offered Egypt his country's assistance in restoring calm to the Rafah border area.01/28/08
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