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Israeli settlers block entry of goods into Gaza

Sunday, 11 November 2018 3:03 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 11 November 2018 6:11 PM ]

The file photo shows a truck carrying goods to Palestinians at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

Extremist Israeli settlers have blocked a road leading to the main commercial crossing to the besieged Gaza Strip in an attempt to prevent truckloads of basic supplies from entering the Palestinian enclave.

Ma'an News Agency said the settlers went in the way of trucks transporting food, fuel, gas, and construction materials into Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing on Sunday.

The angry settlers said the road blockade had to do with fires from incendiary kites and helium balloons that have been flown by Palestinians since the “Great March of Return” protests began on March 30.

Kerem Shalom crossing between the southern Gaza Strip and the occupied territories is Gaza's main entry point for goods and trade.

This is not the first time that Israeli settlers as well as soldiers attempt to prevent goods from entering Gaza. The Tel Aviv regime has routinely closed the crossing, banning the entry of humanitarian supplies and other goods into Gaza.

The file photo shows Israeli soldiers following clashes between Israeli settlers from the settlement of Yitzhar and Palestinians from the nearby Urif village, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank on October 10, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

In August, Israel tightened its years-long blockade of the coastal strip by closing a pedestrian crossing.

There are three crossings into Gaza: two are controlled by Israel and one by Egypt.

One of the only two Arab countries that have open relations with Israel, Egypt has blockaded the rest of the strip, including by shutting the Rafah border crossing.