1.   Citing local officials, they said the blockade kept some children from attending school, and blocked tourists from traveling to some areas.

2.   Ten months of Israeli-Palestinian violence has rocked the Palestinian economy, as regular blockades keep thousands of Palestinian laborers from traveling to Israel for their jobs.

3.   The blockade has kept tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers from jobs inside Israel.

4.   The blockade kept Palestinians from entering Israel, and limited their movement within Gaza Strip.