Egyptian police block Israel border crossing in fury at kidnapping: sources

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Source: Reuters

Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel on Sunday, security sources said.

Police have been blocking another border post, the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip, since Friday to press the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, to help free the seven.

Dozens of police expanded the protest on Sunday by blocking the al-Awja border crossing 40 km (25 miles) south of Rafah, used by trucks that carry goods between Egypt and Israel, the two security sources said. "Truck traffic has totally stopped," one said.

Gunmen demanding the release of jailed Islamist militants seized the policemen and soldiers on the road between the Sinai towns of el-Arish and Rafah on Thursday.

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1. Good for Egyptian police

Stand up to these savages.

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2. A lot is missing from this article.

Who are they demanding release of? Names? In one instance they are refereed to as "political prisoners", in another instance "Islamist militants"? Most Egyptian's aren't happy with the police at all because of the violent crackdown, and in some cases outright molestation. How do we know the kidnappers aren't simply angry citizens kidnapping police for the release of political prisoners.
My last question is WHY ARE THEY PUNISHING THE PALESTINIANS BY CLOSING THE BORDER? People are starving in Palestine, going without medicine and other basic necessities because of the occupation and Israeli blockade, why punish them more???