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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Gaza: cooking gas crisis continues


Ma'an
Israeli authorities prohibited the transfer of cooking gas into the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday, while limited quantities of industrial diesel will be shipped through the Kerem Shalom crossing, according to Muhammad Abadla, spokesman for the Gaza union of gas stations owners.

On Friday the head of the union, Mahmoud Ash-Shawwa, stated that cooking gas stations had been closed because Israel had not allowed any in for 25 days.

...The cooking gas crisis in Gaza started approximately one month ago... Full story
at 11/15/2009 01:17:00 PM