The Israeli group Tzav 9 was sanctioned by the Biden administration on Friday after it reportedly blocked aid shipments headed to Gaza, the State Department announced.
The organization has been blocking roads and preventing aid from moving through Israel to reach Gaza over the last several months. The State Department has designated Tzav 9 a “violent extremist” group and states they have been “blocking, harassing, and damaging convoys carrying lifesaving humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians in Gaza.”
“For months, individuals from Tzav 9 have repeatedly sought to thwart the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including by blockading roads, sometimes violently, along their route from Jordan to Gaza, including in the West Bank,” said an official statement from State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller
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