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This image posted on the official Facebook account of Egypt's military spokesman shows Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi addressing cadets at a military academy in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. He gave his strongest indication yet that he intends to enter presidential elections, saying in the speech that he "can't turn his back" if Egyptians want him to run. (AP Photo/Egypt military spokesman via Facebook)
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FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012 file photo, a Palestinian woman walks past a poster of Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Gaza City. An Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 to ban activities of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Egypt in a move likely to fuel tension between Cairo's military-backed government and the Islamic group that rules the neighboring Gaza Strip. Egypt's interim leaders maintain that Hamas is playing a key role in the insurgency by militants in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Hamas-ruled Gaza and Israel. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, and Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil, left, waves to the crowd as they meet in Gaza City. An Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 to ban activities of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Egypt in a move likely to fuel tension between Cairo's military-backed government and the Islamic group that rules the neighboring Gaza Strip. Egypt's interim leaders maintain that Hamas is playing a key role in the insurgency by militants in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Hamas-ruled Gaza and Israel. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 24, 2013 file photo, the entrance to smuggling tunnels are blocked along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. An Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 to ban activities of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Egypt in a move likely to fuel tension between Cairo's military-backed government and the Islamic group that rules the neighboring Gaza Strip. Authorities have also destroyed many of the tunnels running under the Egypt-Gaza border and which are used by Palestinians in Gaza to smuggle a wide range of goods from Egypt, including subsidized items like gasoline and medicine. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
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FILE -- In this Thursday, July 26, 2012 file photograph, released by Hamas, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, meets the Hamas Prime Minister of Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 to ban activities of the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Egypt in a move likely to fuel tension between Cairo's military-backed government and the Islamic group that rules the neighboring Gaza Strip. Egypt's interim leaders maintain that Hamas is playing a key role in the insurgency by militants in the northern region of the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Hamas-ruled Gaza and Israel. (AP Photo/Hamas, Mohamedf al-Ostaz, File)
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FILE- In this Nov. 27, 2012 file photo, Palestinian workers rebuild a destroyed smuggling tunnel area along the Egypt Gaza border in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian civil servants called on the Gaza Strip's Hamas government Monday to pay them full salaries, the clearest sign yet that Egypt's blockade of the territory is making it increasingly difficult for the Islamic militants to govern. Since last summer Egypt destroyed or sealed virtually all of the smuggling tunnels. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
