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[155] [156] In 2012 Egypt started supplying fuel to the Gaza Strip, to help ease a lengthy fuel crisis arising from a dispute between Egypt and the Hamas government in Gaza over whether Gaza can trade with Egypt openly, or only via Israel. [157] In 2013 Israel eased its regulation on the entering of construction material into Gaza.
Israel and Egypt maintain a blockade of the Gaza Strip in response to security concerns, such as the smuggling of weapons into Gaza. Israel has also stated that the blockade serves as "economic warfare". [30] The Israeli human rights organization Gisha reports that the blockade undermines basic living conditions and human rights in Gaza. [244]
The Gaza Strip refers to a narrow strip of land wedged between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea that is roughly the size of Washington, D.C. Occupied in turn by the Ottoman Empire and ...
Israel’s blockade has prevented people and goods from freely entering or leaving the strip, a move which has also been enforced by Egypt. Palestinians in Gaza have been under a 16-year blockade ...
Egypt has backed Israel’s blockade of Gaza since Hamas took over in the territory in 2007, tightly controlling the entry of materials and the passage of civilians back and forth.
The import of goods into the Gaza Strip is restricted because of the blockade of the Gaza Strip by Egypt and Israel. Israel is accused by Palestinians of denying humanitarian supplies from aid organizations, including UN agencies, into the Gaza Strip in an effort to intentionally weaponize starvation against the people of certain areas of Gaza.
[7] [8] [9] This led to the beginning of the Insurgency in the North Gaza Strip and also the beginning of the Israeli reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, some 19 years after Israel had disengaged from the Gaza Strip in 2005 due to stiff resistance from the Palestinians. However, Israel has been continuously imposing a blockade of the Gaza Strip ...
The Gaza Strip, a mere 25 miles long and six miles wide, located on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Israel and home to approximately two million Palestinians, holds a prominent place in ...