Sunday, April 27, 2008

Hamas disrupts fuel supplies to Gaza
Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST Apr. 27, 2008
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Hamas militiamen in the Gaza Strip on Sunday attacked fuel trucks headed
toward the Nahal Oz border crossing, forcing them to turn back, sources in
the Palestinian Petroleum Authority said.

The fuel was supposed to go to the UN Relief and Works Agency [UNRWA] and
hospitals in the Gaza Strip, the sources said.

"Dozens of Hamas militiamen hurled stones and opened fire at the trucks,"
the sources added. "The trucks were on their way to receive fuel supplied by
Israel. The drivers were forced to turn back. Some of them had their
windshields smashed."

The Palestinian Petroleum Authority reached an agreement with Israel over
the weekend to receive 250,000 liters of fuel after UNRWA complained that it
did not have enough fuel to distribute food aid to more than 500,000
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Authority Health Ministry also accused Hamas of blocking
fuel supplies to hospitals and clinics in the Gaza Strip. The ministry said
Hamas gunmen opened fire at a number of trucks that were trying to transfer
fuel to the hospitals and clinics.