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Palestine campaigners condemn ‘political silence’ surrounding Gaza
An Israeli soldier leans on the neck of a Palestinian man during a protest against the expansion of Israeli settlements in the village of Shufa in the West Bank
CAMPAIGNERS have condemned the “political silence” on Gaza, where the besieged population has faced three weeks of Israeli bombing amid soaring cases of Covid 19.
Last month the Israeli government ramped up its 14-year siege on the Gaza strip, closing its only commercial crossing, banning fishing off the coast and bombarding the small region with nightly air raids.
A ban on fuel deliveries has left Gazans with just four hours of electricity a day.
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