Israel blocks aid effort to Gaza
Times Wire Reports
Israeli police blocked an attempt by Israeli Arabs to sail from Israel to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip with food and medical supplies.
Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip has been stepped up in recent weeks amid a surge of violence.
An Islamic group in Israel composed mainly of Arab citizens of the Jewish state organized the aid effort. But police in the port of Jaffa instructed the boat’s owner not to set off.
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