1.   The strict blockade, which followed months of less stringent restrictions on movement, has seemed a baffling punishment to the villagers.

2.   Israel has also imposed a strict blockade on biblical Bethlehem, keeping residents in and tourists out.

3.   Israel also has imposed a strict blockade on biblical Bethlehem, keeping residents in and tourists out.

4.   Israel responded by tightening its already strict blockade of Palestinian towns.

5.   Sabbah, a Palestinian, was turned away by troops enforcing a strict blockade of Palestinian communities, in effect for most of the past five months.

6.   For over a month, the Bosnian Serbs have imposed a strict blockade on the capital and the isolated eastern enclaves, reducing humanitarian supplies to a trickle.

7.   The Palestinian legislative council held its second session Thursday under the shadow of a strict Israeli blockade of Palestinian territories which prevented one Islamic councillor from reaching Gaza.

8.   The strict blockade is only lifted in exceptional circumstances and there have been several cases of deaths in similar circumstances to those involving Sarsawi.

9.   Mains supplies of gas, water and electrcity to Sarajevo are cut while the Bosnian Serbs have maintained a strict blockade of humanitarian aid coming into the city.

10.   The Bosnian Serbs have also maintained a strict blockade on humanitarian deliveries to the capital and government-held enclaves in the east of the country.