Israel says commercial goods are no longer entering the Gaza Strip, raising fears of worsening shortages

Summary

Israel has announced that commercial goods will no longer enter the Gaza Strip, cutting off a key source of food and shelter supplies for the hungry territory, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the LA Times reported on Thursday 15 October. COGAT, the Israeli military body that oversees humanitarian affairs in Gaza, announced the suspension of commercial goods in a Wednesday statement and said it was relaying a statement from Gaza merchants, a claim Palestinians refuted, the LA Times reported. On 16 October The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported that no commercial goods are entering the Gaza Strip, raising fears of worsening shortages in the territory, Israeli authorities attributing the suspension to local vendors they said are fed up with Hamas raising taxes on them.

Latest: No commercial goods are entering the Gaza Strip, Israeli authorities said, raising fears of worsening shortages in the territory, and the authorities attributed the suspension to local vendors they said are fed up with Hamas raising taxes on them, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported.

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