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In this Tuesday, May 10, 2016 photo, Mohammed Al-Hissi, 25, who won a scholarship for a Master's program in physics at the University of Triesta in Italy poses for a photo, at his family house in Gaza City. Gazans who have endured a border blockade by neighboring Egypt and Israel for almost a decade thought they were finally catching a break when Israel slightly eased restrictions on travel from the Hamas-ruled territory in recent months. But now Jordan appears to be emerging as an obstacle, routinely denying transit permits for Gazans and effectively preventing patients, university students and others with business abroad from leaving the coastal territory. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
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