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Middle East

UN criticizes Hamas for closing Israel border

Associated Press
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    In this Sunday, March 26, 2017 photo, Palestinian residents of Gaza strip wait on the Israeli side of the Erez terminal to cross to Gaza Strip. Hamas imposed the lockdown and closed the Gaza side of the crossing in the wake of a mysterious killing of a senior Hamas commander last week. It has accused Israel of being behind the killing. The U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA said the measures are "negatively impacting already vulnerable sectors in Gaza." The agency said dozens of people have missed hard-to-get medical appointments in Israel or the West Bank, while international consultants have been unable to enter Gaza to work on development projects. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) (The Associated Press)

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    In this Sunday, March 26, 2017 photo, Palestinian residents of Gaza strip wait on the Israeli side of the Erez terminal to cross to Gaza Strip. Hamas imposed the lockdown and closed the Gaza side of the crossing in the wake of a mysterious killing of a senior Hamas commander last week. It has accused Israel of being behind the killing. The U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA said the measures are "negatively impacting already vulnerable sectors in Gaza." The agency said dozens of people have missed hard-to-get medical appointments in Israel or the West Bank, while international consultants have been unable to enter Gaza to work on development projects. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) (The Associated Press)

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    In this Sunday, March 26, 2017 photo, Palestinian residents of Gaza strip pray as they wait on the Israeli side of the Erez terminal to cross to Gaza Strip. Hamas imposed the lockdown and closed the Gaza side of the crossing in the wake of a mysterious killing of a senior Hamas commander last week. It has accused Israel of being behind the killing. The U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA said the measures are "negatively impacting already vulnerable sectors in Gaza." The agency said dozens of people have missed hard-to-get medical appointments in Israel or the West Bank, while international consultants have been unable to enter Gaza to work on development projects. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) (The Associated Press)

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – The United Nations and human rights groups are accusing Gaza's Hamas rulers of endangering their own people by closing the territory's main crossing with Israel.

Hamas imposed the lockdown in the wake of a mysterious killing of a senior Hamas commander last week. It has accused Israel of being behind the killing.

The U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA says the measures are "negatively impacting already vulnerable sectors in Gaza."

The agency says dozens of people have missed hard-to-get medical appointments in Israel or the West Bank, while international consultants have been unable to enter Gaza to work on development projects.

The Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights on Thursday called on Hamas to reopen the border.

Hamas says the measures will remain in place until further notice.