Egypt had attempted for a while to stop the use of tunnels for delivery of Egyptian fuel purchased by Palestinian authorities, and had severely reduced supply through the tunnel network | , Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press, 9 December 2006 |
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Its military wing is known as the | Since 2007, the Gaza Strip has been de facto governed by , which claims to represent the and the Palestinian people |
" Associated Press reporter Ibrahim Barzak wrote an eyewitness account stating: "Today I have seen people shot before my eyes, I heard the screams of terrified women and children in a burning building, and I argued with gunmen who wanted to take over my home.
4At the same time, Israel increased its state of alert along the length of the Israel-Egypt Sinai border, and warned its citizens to leave Sinai "without delay | The Israeli army makes use of , which can launch precise missiles |
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" Also Gaza's agricultural research and development station was destroyed in 2014 and again in January 2016, while import of new equipment is obstructed | For example, in 2014, a Panamanian-flagged ship claiming to be carrying construction materials was boarded by the IDF and was found to contain Syrian produced rockets |
Cavanaugh, Oxford University Press 2013 p.