Jerusalem – Israel will stop shipments of fuel and gas to the Gaza Strip from Thursday in response to militants in the enclave launching incendiary balloons that have torched fields in Israel.
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A statement from Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s office on Wednesday said he had ordered a halt to fuel supplies into the strip via the Kerem Shalom crossing until further notice.
“The decision has been taken in view of the continued terror of incendiary balloons and friction along the (border) fence,” the statement said.
Four months of weekly Friday border protests that began on March 30 have calmed slightly but organizers have vowed they will continue until Israel lifts economic sanctions on the enclave.
At least 155 Palestinians have been killed in the protests and one Israeli soldier was shot dead by a sniper in Gaza.
Israel has lost tracts of farmland and forests to fires set by kites and helium balloons laden with incendiary material and flown over from Gaza. Israel had already responded by preventing the entry of non-essential commercial goods to Gaza.
Mazel Tov.
Good start, but not enough.
Turn off their electricity.
Use their taxes to pay for the terrorist arson damage.
what took so long???!!!
They should continue making the gas deliveries, and dump the fuel on the Gaza side in the area where they light the kites. Then see what happens as they light the kites.
It takes the Israelis a while to figure out not to give them anything. They should also stop giving them water and electricity and food. I, myself, would also cut off air if I could….