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GAZA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Israel will allow limited
deliveries of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the first easing
of the blockade since crossings were completely closed last week due to
Palestinian militants' violence with Israel flare-up.
Hatem Owaida, an aide to Hamas minister of economy, said 33 truckloads of
food would enter the Gaza Strip on Thursday, 18 of which would go to the United
Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
The rest, loaded only with food stuff and dairy products, would enter Gaza
through Kerem Shalom crossing point in the southeast of the Hamas-controlled
Gaza Strip, he added.
As for the fuel, only limited amount of industrial diesel would be pumped
through Nahal Oz crossing in eastern Gaza City and trucked to the only power
station in the strip, Owaida said, adding that the cooking gas and vehicle
diesel would remain withhold.
On Nov. 5, Israel closed the crossing points after it sent troops into the
Gaza Strip and killed six Hamas militants, while Palestinian armed groups
responded by firing rockets into Israel.
The two sides were blamed for violating an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire
taking effect in June.
Four Hamas fighters were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli operation in
southeastern Gaza Strip, shaking the lull again.
Earlier, the UNRWA warned it will halt aid distributing to 750,000
Palestinian refugees in Gaza due to the lack of food which come through the
crossings.