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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". [33] 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, supported by Egypt, continues to maintain a blockade of the Gaza Strip, limiting the movement of goods and people in and out of the Gaza Strip. The blockade has been categorized as a form of occupation and illegal collective punishment. [3]
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 ...
The Gaza Strip is a mere 25 miles long and six miles wide, located on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Israel. ... Hamas leader cited Saturday's attack as a response to the Gaza blockade ...
After the war, the Gaza Strip was the only former-Mandate territory under the jurisdiction of the All-Palestine Government. However, the members of the Government were consequently removed to Cairo, and had little or no influence over events in the Gaza Strip. [3] On 24 February 1949, the Israel–Egypt Armistice Agreement was signed in Rhodes.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Egypt's foreign minister on Tuesday it was important to ensure Hamas can never govern Gaza again, the State Department said, with their call coming after ...