Israel Resumes Gaza Fuel Shipments

Power plant terminal opened for deliveries this morning
Posted May 12, 2008 10:45 AM CDT
Israel Resumes Gaza Fuel Shipments
An Israeli tank stands outside as trucks drive out the Nahal Oz fuel depot, used by Israel to pump fuel into Gaza, between in Israel and the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel is allowing fuel shipments into Gaza again after the region's only power plant had to shut down for 2 days due to lack of fuel. The plant's delivery terminal reopened this morning, the BBC reports. "We have received three trucks of industrial diesel for the power station so far," says an official at the plant. (More Israel stories.)

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