Nidal al-Mughrabi, 35, has been the Reuters correspondent in his native Gaza Strip for the past 11 years. In the following story slugged WITNESS-GAZA/CROSSING and headlined "WITNESS-Stuck in Gaza, the question is 'Why?'" he describes the frustrations of being prevented from leaving the coastal enclave by Israeli security measures following the seizure of control in Gaza by Hamas Islamists in June.

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