On Thursday Hamas officials declared that the six month truce that began in late June expired on Friday. Elder of Ziyon has a cool calendar up showing exactly what Hamas considers to be a "truce" with Israel.
From the BBC article:
Israel said it would like to renew the truce, but Hamas said Israel failed to ease its blockade of Gaza.
Of course we all know that is a load of crap. Here is a small part of the list of Israeli aid to Gaza since the "truce" began in June, from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Week of Dec. 14-18
On Sunday, Dec. 14, the crossings were closed (with the exception of Erez). On Dec. 15 and 16, the crossings were open (see below) until rocket fire began, resulting in closing all of the crossings except for Erez. Rocket fire continued and the crossings were still closed on Dec. 17.
Karni crossing: 58 trucks with 2134 tons of grains.
Kerem Shalom: 78 trucks with 1784 tons of goods
Nahal Oz depot: 642,200 liters of heavy diesel fuel for the power station; 174 tons of cooking and heating gas
Erez crossing: 60 people (patients and companions)
Week of Dec. 7-13, 2008
After a quiet day without rocket launchings, the Defense Minister gave permission to open the crossings (Dec. 9 & 10).
Erez crossing: (open every day to patients and to international humanitarian traffic) 142 medical evacuations
Kerem Shalom: 189 trucks, 2317 tons of goods on Dec. 9-10 and 1340 tons on Dec. 12: food, tools and raw materials, agricultural equipment and medicines.
Karni: 117 trucks, 2664 tons of grains and animal feed on Dec. 9-10 and an undisclosed amount on Dec. 11.
Nahal Oz: 865,900 liters of heavy diesel fuel for the power station, 379 tons of cooking and heating gas. In addition, special fuel supplies were transferred specifically for UNRWA: 299,000 liters of heavy diesel fuel, 101,000 liters of fuel for transportation, and 50,000 liters of gasoline.
Week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 6
Erez crossing: 250 medical evacuations
The rest of the crossings were closed due to continued attacks on them and the firing of rockets and mortar bombs at Israel, except on December 4:
Kerem Shalom: 35 trucks
Karni: 32 trucks
Nahal Oz: 440,000 liters of diesel fuel for the power station
On December 5, the Palestinian Energy Ministry shut down the power station, claiming that they have fuel reserves for only two days and continuing to operate the station will cause malfunctions in the turbines.
December 3, 2008
Erez crossing: 94 medical evacuations.
The rest of the crossings were closed.
December 2, 2008
Erez crossing: 47 medical evacuations
The rest of the crossings were closed.
November 30, 2008
Erez crossing: 44 medical evacuations (patients with their companions)
The rest of the crossings were closed.
Week of November 23-29
Erez crossing: 187 people (patients and their companions) crossed into Israel for medical treatment. .
November 26, 2008
Karni: 20 trucks transferred goods - no details were available.
Kerem Shalom: 39 trucks with 865 tons of milk powder and baby food, rice, meat and dairy products, sugar, flour, yeast, oil, and medications
Nahal Oz: 130 tons of cooking and heating gas; 437,420 liters of heavy diesel fuel for the power station
November 24, 2008
Karni: 20 trucks
Kerem Shalom: 29 trucks with 661 tons of milk powder and baby food, rice, dairy products, flour, yeast and oil.
Nahal Oz: 440,400 liters of heavy diesel fuel for the power station
Week of November 16-21
Erez crossing: 155 people (patients and their companions) crossed into Israel for medical treatment.
Nov. 17: 33 trucks carrying 606 tons of milk powder and baby food (70 tons), meat and dairy products, flour, yeast, oil and other foods, as well as medications (7 tons), were allowed to transfer their goods at the Kerem Shalom crossing, despite the rockets that are launched almost daily at Israel.
Week of November 9-15
The commercial crossings were closed.
Erez crossing: 182 patients and their escorts crossed from the Gaza Strip into Israel for medical treatment.
A limited amount of diesel fuel, 651,210 liters, was allowed into Gaza for the power station only.
Its pretty clear that Israel sends aid into Gaza every week, and this is undoubtedly the most exaggerated "siege" in history. Check out the full list here.
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