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Sunday, November 19, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Security cabinet approves fuel transfer into Gaza
Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter
A truck carrying fuel crosses into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 15, 2023. (SAID KHATIB / AFP)
The broader security cabinet approves the daily transfer of a limited amount of fuel into the Gaza Strip for humanitarian purposes, rubberstamping the decision made by the top-level war cabinet, officials tell the Times of Israel.
Far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir and Likud Transportation Minister Miri Regev voted against it.
Gideon Sa’ar from Benny Gantz’s National Unity party abstained.
Israel initially refused to allow any fuel into Gaza, saying it could be used by Hamas, but now says it has shifted its stance in order to avoid a humanitarian disaster with the breakdown of the sewage system.
