RAFAH, Egypt Egyptian security forces and Palestinians clashed at the Gaza border on Wednesday over the delay of an international aid convoy, killing one Egyptian border guard and wounding 15 Palestinians.
The incident further raises the tension between Egypt and the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip who see Cairo's attempts to seal the border as a direct threat to their survival, particularly a new effort to build a steel wall blocking cross-border tunnels.
It was the worst violence on the border since an Egyptian major was killed by Palestinian gunmen during Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip in December 2008.
