Subscribe to Print Edition | Sat., November 15, 2008 Cheshvan 17, 5769 | | Israel Time: 01:26 (EST+7)
Haaretz israel news English
web haaretz.com
Haaretz Toolbar
Diplomacy
Defense Jewish World Opinion National
Print Edition
Car Rental
Books Haaretz Magazine Business Real Estate U.S. election Travel Week's End Anglo File
Last update - 22:17 12/11/2008
Israel to allow limited amount of fuel and aid into Gaza on Thurs.
By The Associated Press
Tags: gaza strip, israeli siege 

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that a limited amount of fuel and humanitarian aid would be allowed into the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

Israel kept its border crossings with the Gaza Strip closed for nearly a week due to a rash of violence that erupted following a deadly Israel Defense Forces raid on Gaza and days of responsive Qassam rockets onto the western Negev.

It allowed some fuel shipments into the territory on Tuesday but food and other humanitarian supplies have yet to be transferred.
Advertisement
Following consultations with security officials, Barak said the fuel situation in Gaza shouls be evaluated on a day-to-day basis. He ordered the defense establishment to permit entry into the Gaza Strip for 30 trucks carrying humanitarian aid from international organizations.

A spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency on Wednesday said that Israel's long-term economic blockade on the Gaza Strip had a directly negative effect on the functioning of the world body's efforts.

"This has become a blockade against the United Nations itself," UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness said, citing a long list of supplies, including food., which have yet to be delivered.

The UNRWA, which provides food and other essentials to Palestinians in Gaza, said it will be forced to suspend food distribution to 750,000 Gazan residents on Thursday night unless supplies were allowed in.

A UN flour warehouse in Gaza City was empty Wednesday, and another held six tons of canned meat - three tons short of the amount required for a day's distribution, the UN said.

The UNRWA announcement came hours after Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed four Hamas gunmen apparently laying explosives near the Gaza border.

Following the attacks, a number of mortar shells were fired at the western Negev. No injuries or damages were reported.

Related articles:
  • Mortars hit Negev after IDF kills 4 Gaza gunmen
  • Quiet resumes on Gaza border, despite unrest 'under surface'
  • UN: Gaza food aid to halt if Israel keeps crossings closed
    • Bookmark to del.icio.us  
     
    A ringing endorsement
    Jimmy Carter says Obama will waste no time in pursuing Middle East peace.
    Peres' olive branch
    Israel's president says the Arab peace plan is an opening for progress.
      1.   UNRWA 18:27  |  Jasper 12/11/08
      2.   shame on you israel 18:35  |  a jew 12/11/08
      3.   #2. wrong shame on un and hammas responsible government 18:57  |  ralph 12/11/08
      4.   Correction, UNRWA is a siege on UN, it doesnt belong 18:59  |  David 12/11/08
      5.   unrwa still there 19:02  |  Proteas 12/11/08
      6.   nothing to say 19:11  |  a jew 12/11/08
      7.   Little point 19:14  |  Mr Ipp 12/11/08
      8.   UNWRA 19:38  |  Paul 12/11/08
      9.   a jew 19:52  |  chawa 12/11/08
      10.   #6, huh? please read ALL the facts 20:06  |  David 12/11/08
      11.   UNRWA collaborates with terrorists 20:17  |  Realist 12/11/08
      12.   chawa 20:20  |  a jew 12/11/08
      13.   Of Course It Is. It`s Israel 20:29  |  Yaakov Sullivan 12/11/08
      14.   Missiles fired by the UN itself! 20:39  |  Daniel 12/11/08
      15.   The Reasoning of Defenders of Occupation 20:45  |  Yaakov Sullivan 12/11/08
      16.   a jew 20:49  |  a goy 12/11/08
      17.   a goy 21:02  |  a jew 12/11/08
      18.   it`s Egypt`s blockade as well! 21:07  |  Slappy 12/11/08
      19.   Mr Little Point, Perhaps Israel Should Leave the UN 21:47  |  Reader 12/11/08
      20.   Jew--Have Hamas No Share in Any Blame? 22:06  |  Harold 12/11/08
      21.   Part of the problem 22:06  |  Jess Ghannam 12/11/08
      22.   This is so damn inhumane... 22:20  |  Dutch 12/11/08
      23.   Gaza blockade, quick someone inform the BBC 22:36  |  Jacob Blues 12/11/08
      24.   Yaacov and his one track ideas 22:40  |  Jacob Blues 12/11/08
      25.   Yaacov and his policies of colonization 22:42  |  Jacob Blues 12/11/08
      26.   Israel again rewards terror with fuel and aid! Insane 22:43  |  Realist 12/11/08
      27.   The U.S. Defense Secretary sent fuel and aid to Bin Laden, too 22:47  |  Yacov 12/11/08
      28.   my post didn`t show up last time ... 00:17  |  a jew 13/11/08
      29.   No.20 Dutch 00:38  |  Henry Blofeld 13/11/08
      30.   35, 542trucks 813,870 tons(June2007 - Sept 2008) limited indeed! 00:41  |  Arthur 13/11/08
      31.   Let the refugees choose UNRWA or to settle elswhere! FREEDOM 01:06  |  Arthur 13/11/08
      32.   #23 Henry Blofeld 01:43  |  Jasper 13/11/08
      33.   a jew 02:34  |  a goy 13/11/08
      34.   No Fuel, No Food, No Nothing-Until 02:37  |  Ron 13/11/08
      35.   Another "kind gesture" by Israel... 03:38  |  Maureen Ann 13/11/08
      36.   UNWRA`s future will be short-lived 04:18  |  Jon 13/11/08
      37.   GAZA: BLAME MYSERY ON ARAFAT and... 04:39  |  Barry S. Roffman 13/11/08
      38.   #33 Maureen ann 05:11  |  a jew 13/11/08
      39.   Israel lives in a glass house 06:24  |  Capt Ahab 13/11/08
      40.   arab countries absorb the refugees" 06:59  |  Concerned 13/11/08
      41.   For Ron # 34 10:29  |  Clickfool 13/11/08
      42.   capt ahab 10:33  |  x-ray 13/11/08
      43.   Concerned in Chicago 10:36  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 13/11/08
      44.   ?Poor inhabitant of Gaza?. 11:12  |  Jean Van Daem 13/11/08
      45.   Why don`t th UN go through Egypt? 11:15  |  Allon 13/11/08
      46.   #.37". Barry and the Bible Codes."! 13:59  |  Stephen. 13/11/08
     Read & React
    Israel infuriated by U.K. plan to distinctly label West Bank produce
    Responses: 413
    Rahm Emanuel apologizes for father's disparaging remarks about Arabs
    Responses: 162
    In 2006 letter to Bush, Haniyeh offered compromise with Israel
    Responses: 137
    IDF soldiers filmed humiliating bound Palestinian face court martial
    Responses: 85
    Israeli lightly wounded as rocket barrage hits Negev
    Responses: 151


    More Headlines
    22:44 Olmert: Israel won't reconcile with Gaza rocket fire
    14:27 Ex-Shin Bet official: Most Hamas leaders want to maintain short-term truce
    12:09 Israel infuriated by U.K. plan to label West Bank produce
    09:12 In 2006 letter to Bush, Haniyeh offered compromise with Israel
    21:44 Founder of Israeli NRA seeks to import American gun culture
    05:25 How white were the Israelites? Facial reconstruction may be surprising
    05:25 Rahm Emanuel apologizes for father's disparaging remarks about Arabs
    10:25 SACH team heads to China for surgical and training mission
    07:31 IDF soldiers filmed humiliating bound Palestinian face court martial
    07:24 Barak approved settlement expansion despite Road Map
    08:15 Canadian professor held over deadly 1980 synagogue bombing in Paris
    10:27 Saudi FM: In UN speech, Peres left some parts of Arab peace plan untouched
    06:57 Meretz chief looks to galvanize left wing with new political party
    06:27 Cleaning, security workers left without social benefits, severance
    Previous Editions
    Special Offers
    Advertisement
    Living in Israel Studying in English
    Click & Meet our students from all around the world
    Dan Boutique Jerusalem
    New Dan Hotel in Jerusalem Young, Fun & Distinctively Dan Book Now Online!
    Fattal Hotel Chain
    Perfectly located hotels on best resorts of Israel.
    Car rental in Israel
    Shlomo Sixt Receive $15.00 from our low rates.
    Dial 013 for your long-distance calls
    and get all your money back
    US CITIZENS
    Vote for real change. Request your ballot today!
    Eldan Rent a Car
    Israel's leading car rental company offers you a 20% discount on all online reservations
    Jewish Singles Personal Ads
    Find the love of your life on JDate.com
    Israel's Premier Real Estate Website
    www. israel-property.com
    Hebrew Summer courses
    From $39.95
    Junkyard
    Junk a car - get free towing nationwide and a tax-deductible receipt
    Home | TV | Print Edition | Diplomacy | Opinion | Arts & Leisure | Sports | Jewish World | Underground | Site rules |
    Real Estate in Israel | Travel to Israel with Haaretz | Hotels Israel | Restaurants Israel | Tourist attractions Israel | Shops Israel
    birthright Israel | Search engine marketing
    Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, offers real-time breaking news, opinions and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.
    © Copyright  Haaretz. All rights reserved