Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
With nearly the entire population of Gaza now regularly forced to go without food for an entire day due to Israel 's total blockade of the enclave, protests by hundreds of Israel is at a crossing between Gaza and Israel over the past three days have put residents at even greater risk of starvation by blocking the passage of humanitarian convoys.
The protesters at Kerem Shalom have said Gazans should receive no more aid until the hostages are released. But negotiations between Israel and Hamas, brokered by Qatar, were stalled this week as Israel refused to agree to a permanent cease-fire in exchange for the release of the remaining hostages.
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