Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 1083 Mon. June 18, 2007       International Abbas outlaws Hamas armed forces Palestinians leave Gaza Strip through the Erez border crossing with Israel yesterday. About 500 Palestinians, mostly women, children and the elderly, were gathered Sunday at the main Erez border, sitting on suitcases in the baking sun without food or water, witnesses said. Queues are snaking outside bakeries and supermarkets in Gaza as frantic residents stock up on supplies amid fears their overcrowded land will remain sealed off from the world in the wake of an Islamist takeover. PHOTO: AFP