US imposes sanctions on ‘extremist Israeli group’ for blocking Gaza aid
by Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6NHEN)
US says Tsav 9 activists have blockaded key crossing, set trucks on fire and injured drivers as hunger spreads inside Gaza
The US state department has imposed sanctions on Tsav 9, a violent, extremist Israeli group", for blocking convoys taking humanitarian aid to Gaza, and attacking trucks.
The US said Tsav 9 activists began blockading a key crossing, Kerem Shalom, at the start of the year, and later set trucks on fire and injured drivers and Israel Defense Forces soldiers, as hunger spread inside Gaza.
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