"We refuse to receive the humanitarian aid until all those who were detained aboard the ships are released," said Ahmed Kurd, the social welfare minister for Hamas.
"We also insist that the equipment be delivered in its entirety," said Kurd, who complained much of the cargo is being held back.
For great photographs of aid going through to Gaza, not necessarily related to this event, but shipments of cement and steel, I recommend a visit to this web location:
http://demotiximages.com/search/context/query/Gaza%20cement%20shipment/sort/relevance
I don't now whether or not "Israel Allows Shipment of Cement and Steel to Gaza" or "Israel Allowed a Shipment of Wood or Aluminum to Enter the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for the first time in three years" will disappear down the Internet's magnetic memory hole, but they're on the web as I write.
Also, it should go without saying as the press has reported frequently on this today: Israel's botting all the boat show passengers it can back to their countries as fast as it can.
Known militants or ones discovered may be another matter.
We have all seen war torn Gaza, but what of Gaza has been standing all along and, I may dare say it, prospering or struggling to become so?
Cut flowers for European markets in just 90 seconds (embedding disabled by AFP but posted January 20, 2010):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNS8fQGVexQ
What other data has been missing, or, rather, has not been played up or has been pushed off stage, as it were, in the global conversation?
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