US Sanctions Israeli Activists Accused of Attacking Humanitarian Aid Deliveries to Gaza

Published on June 14, 2024

President Joe Biden’s administration announced sanctions on Friday against an Israeli activist group blocking shipments of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. “The Department of State is today designating Tzav 9, a violent extremist Israeli group that has been blocking, harassing, and damaging convoys carrying lifesaving humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians in Gaza,” the U.S. State Department announced in a Friday press statement. The State Department said Tzav 9’s supporters have, for months, impeded humanitarian aid deliveries, at times blocking roadways, attacking delivery trucks, and throwing out the aid supplies they have been carrying. The State Department noted one particular incident on May 13 in which Tzav 9 supporters allegedly looted and set fire to two trucks near Hebron, en route to the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid....

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