Didn't make it past the first sentence in the subject article, "For eighteen months the entire 1.5 million people of Gaza experienced a punishing blockade imposed by Israel." It should read and Egypt!!!! Egypt closed down the smuggling tunnels and supported said "punishing blockaid."
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