Israeli defense minister keeps up closure of Gaza's crossings

Wednesday November 19, 2008 10:15 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, decided Wednesday to keep up Gaza's commercial crossings closed for the sixteenth day consecutively, under the pretext of continued homemade shells fire into nearby Israeli towns.

Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak

The Israeli minister was quoted as saying " the crossings will remain closed unless the Palestinian homemade rocket attacks stop".

During a cabinet meeting with his top security advisors, Barak took the decision closure.

Yesterday night, a number of Gaza-based factions took responsibility for firing the nearby Israeli towns of Sderot and southern Israel, a series of homemade shells, saying such a fire is a natural response to the continued Israel crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank.

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