‘Collective Punishment’: Israel Blocks Fuel Shipment to Gaza

• Al Jazeera English Published on Jul 17, 2018
  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. The defence ministry announced late on Monday that fuel and gas deliveries will also be suspended and that the crossing will remain open only to food and medicine on a case-by-case basis. The UN and Gisha, the Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement, called Israel’s latest measure an act of “collective punishment”. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from Gaza.

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