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<td><span class="PublishedDate">[ 					10/01/2011 &#8211; 02:59 PM ] </span></td>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;">GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a  Hamas spokesman, has affirmed that the agreement between Israel and the  PA in Ramallah on closing the Mintar (Karni) crossing aims at tightening  the siege on the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said in a press release on Monday that  the Israeli decision to close all crossings with Gaza, leaving only Karm  Abu Salem as the sole commercial crossing would only double the  suffering of the Gaza populace.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The decision belies former Israeli  declaration of easing the siege on Gaza, Abu Zuhri said, urging all  international concerned parties to pressure Israel to retract the  decision and to retain all crossings open to facilitate traffic of  goods.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The spokesman charged that the agreement  signed between Israel and Fatah-controlled PA provided yet another proof  of that faction&#8217;s collusion in the Gaza siege.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">For his part, Hatem Uwaida, the director  of economy minister&#8217;s office in Gaza, told the PIC that the closure of  all crossings except Karm Abu Salem would worsen the economic and living  conditions in the Strip.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said that Karm Abu Salem could not  alone meet the needs of the Gaza inhabitants, pointing out that it could  only handle 200 trucks per day.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He noted that the Mintar crossing was  capable of handling 850 trucks daily including 750 incoming trucks and  100 outgoing trucks.</p>
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