Israel closes a single goods crossing point for Gaza "/> This Israeli archive announces Palestinian security closing the gate of Kerem Shalom crossing, January 14, 2018

<img src = "https://cdn-istoe-ssl.akamaized.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2018/07/2a0b06ac560b37bedf5bb37e0f3667be7ecda178.jpg" title = "Israel fecha único ponto de pbadagem de mercadorias para Gaza "alt =" Monday (9) the closing of the only crossing point for goods between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in response to incendiary balloons and pipes launched by Palestinian demonstrators.

Since March 30 on the fence that separates them from Israel to denounce the blockade that lasts more than ten years.They also claim the right of return to the lands from which they were expelled or had to leave when the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.

"In response to ongoing terrorist attacks organized by Hamas, which exploits and endangers Gaza's inhabitants, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman decided Monday to close the Kerem Shalom crossing, "said & # 39; army in a statement.

By confirming the immediate closure of the terminal, Netanyahu told the parliament that Israel was preparing "to take further steps to fight Hamas," the Islamist movement that leads the enclave, without giving more details

The Israeli authorities are trying to stop the wave of fires caused by the balloons. kites equipped with objects soaked in gasoline. "Around 750 fires burned 26,000 dunums (2,600 hectares) in a hundred days," he said. "In recent years, the Israeli army has been fighting for more than a year."

He estimates that the total damage should cost "a few million shekels (Israeli currency)", without giving any figures specific.

The closure of the crossing exacerbates the already precarious humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, an enclave under severe Israeli blockade and where more than 80 percent of the population is receiving aid, according to the World Bank .

Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, said in a statement that "other measures to strengthen the blockade and prevent the entry of materials and property into Gaza are a new crime. against humanity, which joins the blacklist of the Israeli occupation against the rights of our people. "

" Hamas calls on the international community to immediately intervene to prevent this crime, "added Barhoum. In addition, the fishing zone, which had been expanded to nine nautical miles (17 km) from the Gaza coast since May, will be further reduced to six miles, the army said.

The Oslo Ordos signed by the Israelis and Palestinians in 1993 provided for a fishing area up to 20 nautical miles from the coast. But Israel has reduced its range several times.

Israel and Hamas have clashed in three wars since 2008 and have maintained a tense ceasefire since 2014.