Gaza suffers with closed borders

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Source: CCTV.com | 11-23-2008 11:20

Residents of the Gaza Strip are suffering a humanitarian crisis, the result of 18 consecutive days of a blockade imposed by Israel.

Palestinians queue with their cooking gas  bottles at a station in the central Gaza  Strip refugee camp of al-Nusseirat on August  2008. Israel said it will maintain its  closure of the Gaza Strip despite international  concern over a deterioration of the  humanitarian situation in the aid-dependent  Palestinian territory.(AFP)

Israel closed border crossings in response to Palestinian rocket attacks. This has caused shortages of energy and materials. Meng Lingqi has the details.

Bakeries in the Gaza Strip continue to ration bread on Saturday, two days after the largest mill suspended operations.