A home-made shell exploded at Nahal Oz, the only fuel depot on the Israeli-Palestinian border. A Palestinian worker was wounded in the attack which prompted the Israel military to close the border crossing and suspend supplies.
In early April Israel halted fuel supplies to Gaza after militants attacked the Nahal Oz oil depot, killing two Israeli workers. The shortage of fuel placed the region on the verge of humanitarian crisis when the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) stopped food assistance to 650,000 Palestinians due to a shortage of gasoline.
Israel has put restrictions on fuel supplies and deliveries of other essential goods to Gaza as part of sanctions to pressure Hamas to stop rocket attacks on Israeli border towns, since the radical group seized control of the enclave from the Fatah movement in June last year.
