After years of a so-called Israeli ‘siege’ against Gaza, in the last weeks, residents of Gaza are dealing with an Egyptian ‘siege’ due to the wide-scale military operation against terror infrastructures in Sinai and against the smuggling between Gaza to the peninsula. “The reality we were used to has changed completely. Life was always hard, but now it is almost unbearable,” one resident said.
Note: All photos here are of Gaza under the Israeli ‘siege’
From Ma’ariv, via EOZ (h/t Liz)
The crisis between Hamas and the new regime in Egypt is worsening: in Egypt there is no intention in the mean time to scale down on the military operation in Sinai, which started after the toppling of the Muslim Brotherhood regime.
The Egyptians accuse Hamas of collaborating with jihadi elements operating in the peninsula, and the foreign minister, Nabil Fahmy, declared that if the need arises the Egyptian army will use military force against the Gaza Strip. Military sources even said that a target list for Gaza was drawn up to allow an aerial attack.
The Egyptian activity is mostly focused on the smuggling between the strip and the Sinai peninsula, which is part of the struggle against the Hamas movement. According to reports, 95% of the tunnels are not functioning today.
“The smuggling has almost completely stopped and the prices of the products that go through the tunnels have skyrocketed”, says Hamdan Abdallah, a resident of the Gazan part of Rafah, in a conversation with NRG. He told me a liter of fuel costs more than seven shekels today, as apposed to three shekels before the military operation. [That’s the price Israelis pay. – EoZ]
Abdallah even has some good words for Israel. “For years we were complaining about the Israeli siege of Gaza, but now it is the only one which lets in food and fuel through the Kerem Shalom crossing”, he said. “Egypt has almost completely closed the Rafah crossing, which used to be the life line for the residents here. It’s a one-way door. You can only enter Gaza. Exiting it is very difficult, it’s almost an impossible mission”.
A Rafah resident who preferred to stay anonymous said he couldn’t understand why the residents of the strip of all people had to pay the price for the actions of radical groups. “The Egyptian security forces are dealing with armed groups in Sinai, and they also blame Hamas for collaborating with them.
This may be true, but the question is why do we the residents have to pay the price. But that’s the way it is, we’ve gotten used to it – when there are troubles in the world it’s the Palestinians who are responsible for them, and it’s they who are punished”, he said sadly.
Somehow or another, I don’t think General Sisi is or will be as kind or humane as the Israelis were. Maybe they prefer to live under Israeli occupation?
Talking about Gaza, Israelis found another tunnel loaded with explosives. Still think the IDF should wait until ham ass vermin are swarming in the tunnel like cockroaches and then blow or flood the suckers. Lay a line of det cord along the tunnel. That stuff burns fast. 5 MPS. About 0.0015% of Speed of Light.
An Update on the Amazing Shrinking Eid Stamp.
2009 40,000,000 copies
2011 30,000,000 copies
2013 5,500,000 copies
for a comparison
2009 Forever Liberty bell 3/4 TRILLION copies
Stamp fulfillment is still trying to unload the 2011 issue of this turkey.
Even stamp collectors don’t want them.
Let them rot in a cold, dark cellar. I’ll NEVER affix one to anything I send. I purposely request the Liberty Bell or U.S. Flag (both “forever”) when I buy books.
Off Topic From Honest Reporting an Israeli News blog
Hezb vermin killing captives in Syria
Ooooooh i am so sad for the paleshits wining and complaining, tomorrow i shall donate with 10000 $ for them ….. NOT !!
EAT SHIT PALSHITS YOU HARBOR AND COOPERATE WITH TERRORIST, YOU DESERVE EVERY SINGLE SH1T …
From an Egyptian living in CAIRO
Lemme guess…..Next thing we’ll hear is that Al Sisi is a Mossad plant and he’s really a joooooo, right?
Had, we heard that about 2 days after he overthrew Morsi.
Ooops! Musta missed that bus…
oh dear! those poor people LOL gee how oppressive can you get? they must be starving. NOT
Just a few years ago, 10,000 Jews were ethnically cleansed out of Gaza for the sole reason they were Jews and not Muslim. The UN and world leaders rejoiced. Muslims CELEBRATED by desecrating and destroying the beautiful Jewish synagogues where the One Glorious, Majestic God was worshiped.
Forced into poverty; many of the evicted Jews had to live in tents for a very long time.
It was reported that the struggling Jews still had to pay for the mortgages on their homes that were destroyed.
No innocents on earth should be forced off THEIR land and rendered HOMELESS because they don’t worship a deity Muslims call Allah.
NEWS FLASH:
GAZAS COMPLAIN
Lazy useless inbreeds
Just ponder this little bit of wisdom. This is the very first time in 3,000 years that there are no Jews living in Gaza.