(Ynet News) Hanan Greenberg - The list of prohibited items for Gaza will be based on the Wassenaar Arrangement, an international export regime signed by 40 countries that monitors the export of dual-use technology that can be used for both civilian and military purposes. Defense officials estimated that the prohibited list may include various metals and fertilizers, out of fears that Hamas will use these items to construct weapons. A defense official told Ynet, "Even today there is no shortage in Gaza, not in food or in medicine. For Israel, there was never any intention to harm the civilian population, which Hamas unfortunately is doing. We are hopeful that everything entering Gaza will reach its destination, which is the Palestinian population, and will not become a tool in the hands of Hamas as has happened in the past."
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