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The US government on Friday imposed sanctions on the radical Israeli group Tzav 9 for targeting aid supplies sent to Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. “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,” the State Department said in a statement. “They also have damaged aid trucks and dumped life-saving humanitarian aid onto the road.” Department spokesman Matthew Miller cited an incident on May 13, when Tzav 9 …

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