Gaza lights up as Israel eases fuel blockade
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Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's main power plant on Tuesday, offering limited respite from a blockade that had plunged much of the Hamas-ruled territory into darkness and touched off international protests.
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Israel carries out arrests and fresh air strikes in response to persistent rocket attacks from Gaza.
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Lorries carrying fuel pass into Gaza as Israel eases its blockade following international pressure.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip managed to fire more crude rockets at an Israeli border town yesterday, even as Israeli troops and armor inundated a large swath of the seaside territory in a bid to halt such attacks.
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Israel reduced fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip on Sunday after threatening to impose sanctions in response to rocket attacks from the impoverished Hamas-ruled territory, Palestinian officials said.
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Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the territory's borders in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.
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Gaza's only electrical plant announced it would shut down Sunday after an Israeli border closure blocked the entry of fuel that powers it. The move is certain to make life more difficult for the 1.5 million residents of the already impoverished territory.
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Israel massed tanks and troops along Gaza&#039;s northern border early Monday, firing artillery and unleashing more airstrikes in a show of force after the prime minister ordered his army to &quot;do all it can&quot; to free an abducted soldier.
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Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the Hamas-controlled territory's borders in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.
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BEIRUT, Sept. 8 -- Israel lifted its eight-week-old maritime blockade against Lebanon Friday, the United Nations announced, and within hours a gleaming white ship pulled into Beirut harbor carrying a load of appliances.
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Israel tightened its closure of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday in response to cross-border rocket fire, preventing even U.N. humanitarian supplies from getting in, officials said.
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GAZA CITY - Israel began cutting vital fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip yesterday, following through on a promise to step up pressure on the territory's Hamas rulers after months of Palestinian rocket attacks.
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Israel agreed to allow diesel fuel and medicine into Gaza on a one-time basis, easing the blockade imposed because of a surge in Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel.
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Israel is planning cuts in the supply of electricity and fuel to Gaza to try to halt rocket attacks, officials say.
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BEIRUT -- Israel lifted its sea blockade of Lebanon yesterday, ending the country's two months of isolation as the task of preventing the entry of Hezbollah weapons falls to international warships patrolling offshore.
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Large parts of the Gaza Strip plunged into darkness on Sunday when its main power plant shut down after Israel blocked fuel supplies and shut the border to the Hamas-run territory.
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Palestinian officials complained that Israel cut fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip on Sunday but Israel denied it had started to implement sanctions it plans to impose in response to rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave.