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D. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi's Islamist political party has the same Muslim Brotherhood origins as Hamas, which took control of Gaza in 2007 two years after Israeli forces withdrew from the territory. He accused Israel of "acts of . . . bloodshed and aggression."
C. In 1994, Jordan became the second Arab nation to normalize relations with Israel. Peace talks with Syria derailed in 2008 as Israeli-Hamas tensions erupted into the three-week Gaza War which killed more than 1,100 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.
B. In the Six-Day War, Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan, the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula from Egypt and the Golan Heights from Syria. Israel returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt in 1979.
A. The border between Egypt and Gaza was opened after the ouster of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak who had supported the blockade and close relations with Israel.