Egyptian security forces have arrested a man who was attempting to transfer USD 2 million of aid to the beleaguered Gaza Strip. The man, named Hassan Mohamed Hassouna, was trying to take the sum to the northern Sinai Peninsula from which it was supposed to reach the Palestinians, in desperate need of aid after three weeks of Israeli onslaught. Last week, however, the Egyptian security forces arrested Hassouna, his driver and eight-year-old son in Cairo before putting the three in detention, Reuters reported. The arrest follows other instances in which Cairo prevented the Israeli-blockaded coastal strip from receiving financial assistance.
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