PALESTINIAN BUREAUCRACY

Gaza Gunmen Storm Customs Office (Palestinian Center for Human Rights)
On Saturday, 40 gunmen, some of them masked, stormed the Customs Office in Gaza City. Armed with rifles and hand grenades, some of the gunmen removed the safety pins from grenades while inside the building.  The assailants threatened to kidnap staff members if they did not comply with their demand to sign the papers to release a shipment that was being held at the Rafah international crossing point with no supporting documents. The papers were signed at gunpoint.