Palestinians break out of Gaza

January 23, 20008
Gaza is often described as the world's largest prison.

If so, then the world is witnessing one of the biggest ever breakouts.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have poured across the border into Egypt, after a series of explosions breached the steel wall which divides the two territories.

Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland is on one the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing.