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UN Aid to Gaza Blocked by Israeli Embargo

Posted Apr 24, 08 6:19 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – The United Nations announced today that it will have to suspend its humanitarian aid program in the Gaza Strip because of the Israeli fuel blockade. The UN can't distribute food or collect sewage in the Hamas-controlled territory now that its fuel supply has run out. A Security Council meeting was held to discuss the crisis, but American, British, and French ambassadors walked out when a Libyan representative compared Gaza to a Nazi death camp.

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Due to a fuel shortage, Palestinians use carts pulled by donkeys for transport in Gaza City, Monday, April 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
An Israeli tank stands outside as trucks drive out the Nahal Oz fuel depot, used by Israel to pump fuel into Gaza, Wednesday, April 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
A Palestinian woman and and her child march during a protest by the Islamic group Hamas against Israel's economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, April 19, 2008.   (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa,Pool)
Palestinian fuel tankers park at the Karni crossing near Kibbutz Nahal Oz on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, April 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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