GAZA (Reuters) - Israel is easing its Gaza embargo to allow snack food and drinks into the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian officials said on Wednesday, following an international outcry over Israel's raid on an aid flotilla.
Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, said the territory needs cement, banned by Israel and essential for reconstruction after a December 2008-January 2009 war, not soft drinks.
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