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-- after recent Israeli softening, only 114, hundreds of basic ones prohibited;
-- "a large Israeli (or Western) supermarket carries 10,000 - 15,000 items;
-- among ones Israel bans are vinegar, toys, cocoa, chewing gum, paper and musical instruments, and hundreds more common ones;
-- before closure, about 10,400 truckloads of goods monthly entered freely, now down to about 2,300 carrying fewer goods;
-- before closure, 70 trucks a day carried Gazan exports; since June 2007, only 259 left the Strip, less than earlier exports in four days;
-- daily, about 30,000 trucks enter Manhattan for a population slightly larger than Gaza;
-- for lack of power, 80 million liters of raw or partially treated sewage are dumped daily into the Mediteranean;
-- over 90% of Gaza's aquifer water is polluted;
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