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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

BIZARRE: Us imposes sanctions on extremist israeli group for blocking gaza aid - You Need To See This

People watch a truck driving past damaged buildings carrying large white sacks of supplies
Humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza. The US said Tsav 9 members had looted and set fire to two trucks destined for the strip in mid-May. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

The US state department has imposed sanctions on Tsav 9, “a violent, extremist Israeli group”, for blocking convoys taking humanitarian aid to Gaza, and attacking trucks.

The US said Tsav 9 activists began blockading a key crossing, Kerem Shalom, at the start of the year, and later set trucks on fire and injured drivers and Israel Defense Forces soldiers, as hunger spread inside Gaza.

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