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‘Collective punishment’: Israel blocks fuel shipment to Gaza
Israel further tightens its blockade on the strip while rights group denounces measure as ‘morally depraved’.
- AlJazeera
Israel has further tightened its blockade on the Gaza Strip, preventing gas and fuel deliveries through its only commercial crossing with the Palestinian besieged enclave a week after Israeli authorities announced the closure of the crossing.
The Kerem Shalom crossing, known to Palestinians as Karem Abu Salem, was shut down on July 9 and initially, only items deemed as “humanitarian” would be allowed to enter Gaza, such as food, hygiene and medical supplies, fuel, animal feed and…