Israel says it has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza again after Hamas attack

He Israeli army said this Wednesday that it closed the crossing again Kerem Shalomin the south of Gaza stripafter an alleged new attack by Hamasfurther limiting the entry of humanitarian aid to the devastated Palestinian enclave.

“Today Hamas attacked Kerem Shalomfor the third time this week“, a military spokesman told EFE, who insisted that Israel He wants help getting into the enclave.

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The agency of UN for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned today that no type of aid was coming Linkdespite the announcement by Israeli authorities that this morning they had reopened Kerem Shalom and they were inspecting trucks with help.

The crossing, one of two points heading south from Gaza, was closed by the army after a rocket attack from Hamas against a nearby military base on Sunday, according to the Islamist group, in which four soldiers were killed.

Jonathan FowlerUNRWA spokesperson confirmed to EFE today that no aid was distributed throughout the day. Gaza stripdespite the Army saying that Kerem Shalom was open to humanitarian aid.

Israel usually counts all vehicles that arrive at military posts for inspection as entries for trucks carrying humanitarian aid, without this meaning that the vehicles in question have been distributed.

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“No fuel or aid has entered the Gaza Strip and this is disastrous for the humanitarian response“Fowler said today.

The crossing of Rafaat the southern end of the Strip, it is also closed after the Israeli Army took it over as part of a military operation in the east of the city, in which dozens of people died after two days of intense shelling.

The closure of both crossings leads the tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced in the area to an even greater humanitarian catastrophe, as many international organizations have warned in recent days.

Source: Elcomercio

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