A Palestinian man stands near a protest tent erected outside the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on February 23, 2014. Said Ahmed Bahar, deputy head of the Legislative Council and senior Hamas leader in speech, "We are in front of the Rafah border crossing to appeal to the brothers and sisters in Egypt to open Rafah crossing for individuals and goods in order to break the unjust siege imposed eight years ago on our people in the Gaza Strip." Photo Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90

A Palestinian woman walks near a protest tent erected outside the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on February 23, 2014. Said Ahmed Bahar, deputy head of the Legislative Council and senior Hamas leader in speech, "We are in front of the Rafah border crossing to appeal to the brothers and sisters in Egypt to open Rafah crossing for individuals and goods in order to break the unjust siege imposed eight years ago on our people in the Gaza Strip." Photo Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90

Hamas MPs in the Legislative Council stand outside a protest tent erected outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on February 23, 2014. Ahmed Bahar, deputy head of the Legislative Council and senior Hamas leader in speech, "We are in front of the Rafah border crossing to appeal to the brothers and sisters in Egypt to open Rafah crossing for individuals and goods in order to break the unjust siege imposed eight years ago on our people in the Gaza Strip." Photo Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90