Israel stops Gaza aid delivery

by Al Jazeera (reposted)

Fri, Nov 14, 2008 7:25AM

Thursday, November 13, 2008 : Fuel supplies to power plant also cut off as part of stated Israeli response to rocket fire.

Reopening the crossings "has been delayed because of the mortar shelling that impedes the proper functioning of the crossing points", he said.

The Israeli government first implemented a blockade of the territory after fighters loyal to Hamas, which Israel and the US deems a terrorist organisation, forced Palestinian Fatah fighters out of Gaza in June 2007.

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§Gaza out of food supplies, says UN agency

by reposted

Fri, Nov 14, 2008 7:27AM

The United Nations aid agency in Gaza says it has run out of food in its distribution centres, which feed more than 700,000 Palestinians.

Gaza's only power plant has again shut down because of a fuel shortage, as the result of Israel's blockade.

Israel closed the border into Gaza more than a week ago, in response to cross border attacks by Palestinian militants.

The senior liaison officer with the UN Relief and Works Agency, Saahir Lone, says the implications of the embargo are grave for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

"If this interruption to food lasts more than a few days, the most vulnerable people in that society, of which there are many now ... the implications are very serious," he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/14/2420192.htm?section=world

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