Israeli protesters block aid trucks from entering the strip

Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks carrying desperately needed food and medical supplies from heading to Gaza on Friday, days after ministers in Israel's war cabinet considered limiting the amount of aid reaching the besieged Palestinian enclave.

Scores of Israeli protesters, part of the Tzav 9 ("Order 9") movement, could be seen blocking trucks in the southern border town of Nitzana, which is home to an Israeli military camp and a commercial border crossing with Egypt. 

Friday's protest came a day after hundreds of Israelis blocked a convoy of trucks from leaving Ashdod seaport for Gaza. 

In one incident at Thursday's protest, an Israeli ultranationalist could be seen pushing and verbally abusing a Palestinian truck driver, audibly calling him a "slave".

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