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Israel Resumes Gaza Fuel Shipments

Posted May 12, 08 10:45 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Israel is allowing fuel shipments into Gaza again after the region's only power plant had to shut down for 2 days due to lack of fuel. The plant's delivery terminal reopened this morning, the BBC reports. "We have received three trucks of industrial diesel for the power station so far," says an official at the plant.

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An Israeli tank stands outside as trucks drive out the Nahal Oz fuel depot, used by Israel to pump fuel into Gaza, between in Israel and the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
A Palestinian worker adjusts a hose at Gaza's only power plant, Saturday April 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Palestinian fuel tankers park at the Karni crossing near Kibbutz Nahal Oz on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
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