Sentence examples for a tight blockade from inspiring English sources

(Gaza, which was taken over by the militant Islamic group Hamas last June, remains under a tight blockade, its own economy crushed).

The ousted president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, was hostile to the Islamists and helped Israel impose a tight blockade on Gaza after Hamas took over there in 2007.

A3 Israel Loosens Roadblocks Israel eased a tight blockade of Ramallah by opening two roads on the West Bank and allowing some Palestinians access to them after thorough security checks.

Israeli aircraft also bombed a police station in central Gaza and tunnels on Gaza's border with Egypt through which basic civilian goods and arms destined for militant groups pass into the Strip, which is under a tight blockade by Israel and Egypt.

In addition, the Israeli government has maintained a tight blockade of the Gaza strip since 2007.

Israel maintains a tight blockade on the Gaza Strip with the help of neighbouring Egypt.

However, a day later an extremely tight blockade was imposed on Gaza, which not only barred Palestinians from doing their jobs in Israel, but also stopped journalists, diplomats and foreign-aid workers from doing theirs in Gaza.

Israel has declared Gaza a "hostile entity" and imposed a tight economic blockade.

Israel is continuing a tight economic blockade on Gaza, preventing exports and limiting imports to a small number of aid and food items.

It has imposed a tight economic blockade of Gaza, saying it wants to weaken Hamas, the Islamist group that won Palestinian elections more than two years ago.

Israel maintains a tight naval blockade of Gaza, which it maintains is necessary to prevent arms smuggling to Hamas and other Palestinian militants.