Hamas calls Egypt blockade a "crime against humanity"

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(Refiles to fix garble in paragraph 5) * Ties between Cairo and Gaza waned since Mursi ousted * Egypt says closures introduced due to security concerns * Hamas says Egypt cut off contacts over crossing By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, March 18 (Reuters) - The Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday called Egypt's curbs on movement through its crossing with the Gaza Strip a "crime against humanity", in an unprecedented rebuke of its Arab neighbour that further frays their worsening ties. The closures, that Egypt says were introduced because of security concerns, have cut off imports of medicine and aid to the impoverished coastal enclave and prevented travel by thousands of Gazans and patients seeking treatment abroad.

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