Egypt has said it will continue to allow Gazans to cross the breached border and help them stock up on supplies.
Hundreds of vehicles crossed from Gaza into Egyptian territory for the first time overnight, after bulldozers gouged two new breaches in the wall as security forces failed to stem the human flow into the Sinai peninsula.
Fighting erupted at one petrol station on the Egyptian side of Rafah as stocks of one the most popular commodities to take back into the Gaza Strip runs out.
Rafah's stocks of food, blankets and other basic essentials are being rapidly depleted, and security forces are barring goods vehicles laden with fresh supplies from crossing the Suez Canal on their way from Cairo to the town.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will ask Israel tomorrow for his forces to be given control of the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Mr Abbas is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem for talks focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
This would enable people and goods to cross in an orderly and legal fashion.
Yesterday Egyptian police used electric batons and water cannons in a bid to herd Palestinians back into confinement in Gaza after setting a deadline for everyone to go home.
The UN says that at least 700,000 Gazans have poured into Egypt to stock up on desperately needed supplies since the heavy steel wall was blasted open on Tuesday, nearly half the territory's population of 1.5 million.
The Israeli army today said it had banned citizens from entering areas along the 100km-long frontier with Egypt, fearing attacks by Palestinian militants who had crossed into Egypt from Gaza.
