Israel announces possible supervised fuel deliveries to Gaza

Israel's military chief of staff, Herzi Halevi, said Israel will allow supervised deliveries of fuel to Gaza if the hospitals there were to actually run out of it, according to statements to journalists on Thursday. However, claims of fuel running out have been heard for more than a week now. "We will see when that day comes," Halevi told the journalists. Israel wants to do everything it can to ensure that the fuel does not get into the hands of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement. The situation in Gaza is being checked every day, Halevi said. The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza says 16 ...