The Arab al-Jazeera network reports that Gazans wounded in Operation Cast Lead who were taken for treatment to Egypt were interrogated by Egyptian security forces who sought to learn more regarding Hamas� weapons smuggling operation.

According to the report, in some case, patients were tied to beds and physically struck, while others were threatened with cessation of medical care and/or expulsion from the hospital. The report states the Egyptian agents took a hard-line approach, seemingly interested in obtaining information pertaining to Hamas weapons smuggling across the border.

Some of the Gazans were sent home and told to �spread the word� that the smuggling days are over, that Egypt would be maintaining a zero-tolerance policy at the border crossing between Gaza and Sinai.

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)