Palestinians wait outside the main gate of the Rafah border crossing, as they attempt to get to Egypt, Gaza, 7 February 2007. Thousands of Palestinians came to the border, in the hope of getting across. Israel, citing security alerts, has kept the Rafah terminal, Gaza's main gateway to the outside world, closed for about 80 percent of the time since Palestinian militants from Gaza kidnapped an Israeli soldier in June 2006. Image Credit: © Asmaa Waguih/IRIN