Gazans to form 'human chain' protest over Israeli blockade

GAZA: Gazans were set to form a human chain along the length of the territory on Monday to protest the crushing Israeli blockade, with Israeli forces on alert for trouble or a possible rush on the border.

The Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS), a politically independent group headed by Palestinian parliamentarian Jamal al-Khudari, called for the mass demonstration against the months-long siege on the impoverished territory.

The group said it would attempt to construct a human chain from the sealed Rafah crossing on the southern Gaza border with Egypt to the Beit Hanun crossing in northern Gaza along the territory's main highway.

Gaza Strip, Monday, AFP