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Israel loosens chokehold on Gaza (AP)

FILE - In this file photo taken on Jan. 12, 2009, an Israeli worker moves a bag of UN humanitarian aid bound for Gaza, on the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel. Israel agreed on Thursday, June, 17, 2010, to ease its land blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, hoping to quell growing <b>international</b> criticism following a deadly sea raid. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)AP - An Israeli decision Thursday to ease its blockade of Gaza under intense international pressure could spell the beginning of the end of the chokehold that has hurt ordinary Gazans far more than their militant Hamas rulers.


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