Sentence examples for a blockade on from inspiring English sources

Egypt has not enforced a blockade on Gaza since 2007.

Israeli forces tightened a blockade on the Old City, particularly the mosque compound.

There was a blockade on the city and a ban on funerals.

Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza after Hamas took control of the territory in June 2007.

Israeli forces later imposed a blockade on Bani Naim in response to the attack.

Israel then imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, sealing border crossings and heavily restricting imports.

Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in 2007 after the militant group Hamas seized control of the territory.

Since then, Israel has maintained a blockade on Gaza to isolate Hamas, although it has eased many restrictions on imports.

They said that they had continued to seize territory in Ramouseh, a crucial gateway that, if taken, would lead to a blockade on government-held western Aleppo.

Protesters quickly formed a blockade, hampered on one side by police boats.

"The actions of the Georgian leadership violate international maritime laws and are an attempt to impose a sea blockade on Abkhazia," Andrei Nesterenko, a spokesman for Russia's Foreign Ministry, said last week.