GazaIsrael says no commercial goods have entered for 2 days.
Merchants import the fruit and meat that aid groups do not bring.
Israel’s military coordinator says merchants halted deliveries over a 10,000-shekel Hamas fee per truck, which Gaza’s government media office denies.
“The markets need to be functioning,” said Shaina Low, spokesperson for the Norwegian Refugee Council.
The US-mediated deal requires 600 aid trucks a day, and diplomats say far fewer arrive.
How each outlet framed it
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- Al Jazeera Online
- gives Gaza's media office rebuttal: the 10,000-shekel fee was a voluntary donation to an aid fund, not mandatory
Sources: Al Jazeera Online