Scores of Palestinians staged a protest in Gaza City on Saturday to demand an end to Israel’s years-long blockade, Anadolu reports.

“The ports in all world countries represent freedom and access to the outside world,” Salameh Maarouf, head of Hamas-run Government Media Office, said during the protest.
“However, the Palestinians in Gaza are deprived of these rights,” Maarouf added.
The Palestinian official called on the international community “to work to end the Gaza blockade.”
“The Israeli siege on Gaza has destroyed livelihood in the strip, and has taken its toll on the health, economic, industrial and fishing sectors,” he added.
Since 2007, the Gaza Strip has groaned under a crippling Israeli blockade that has deprived its roughly 2.3 million inhabitants of many vital commodities, including food, fuel and medicine.