Blockade on Gaza Strip to continue
Humantarian basic needs to reach Gaza
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24.01.2008 09:06:43 Israel decided to maintain the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip but certain items would be allowed in out of bound area to provide basic Palestinian needs.
(live-PR.com) - Defense Ministry officials led by Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai on Wednesday night decided that the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave will continue remain sealed off. Items that will be allowed to out of bound area through will be fuel for Gaza power plants, gasoline for hospital ambulances, cooking gas for Gaza residents and other humanitarian provisions.
Vilnai was presiding
over meeting as Defense Minister Ehud Barak is currently out of the country on an official state visit to France.
"Israel doesn't want to create a humanitarian crisis but if unless there is peace – the Palestinians won't have quiet either," Barak said after his meeting with French counterpart Hervé Morin. Barak also met with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and later with French President Nicholas Sarkozy.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said: "We will continue to target terror leaders in the Gaza Strip and we will not hesitate to affect the quality of life of its residents. Olmert further adds,Under no conditions or circumstances will we allow for a humanitarian crisis to develop.
"We will not harm food provisions for children, nor medicines for those in need or fuel for institutions working to save lives," Olmert said, adding that he had given his full support to the measures ordered by Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Regarding the destruction of the fence separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt and the subsequent passage of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday morning, Defense Ministry officials said that the Egyptians are the ones responsible for preventing these types of occurrences.
Vilnai was presiding
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"Israel doesn't want to create a humanitarian crisis but if unless there is peace – the Palestinians won't have quiet either," Barak said after his meeting with French counterpart Hervé Morin. Barak also met with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and later with French President Nicholas Sarkozy.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said: "We will continue to target terror leaders in the Gaza Strip and we will not hesitate to affect the quality of life of its residents. Olmert further adds,Under no conditions or circumstances will we allow for a humanitarian crisis to develop.
"We will not harm food provisions for children, nor medicines for those in need or fuel for institutions working to save lives," Olmert said, adding that he had given his full support to the measures ordered by Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Regarding the destruction of the fence separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt and the subsequent passage of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday morning, Defense Ministry officials said that the Egyptians are the ones responsible for preventing these types of occurrences.
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