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A Palestinian worker arranges bottles to be filled with alcohol at a pharmaceutical drug manufacturing company that receives raw materials from Israel, in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
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In this photo taken Tuesday, July 20, 2010, Palestinians work to recycle cement at a factory that does not receive raw materials from Israel, east of Jebaliya, Gaza Strip.
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European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, center, visits a cement factory in east of Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 18, 2010.
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A Palestinian chemist works in a quality control lab in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
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Palestinian workers check pill packets as they come out of a machine at a pharmaceutical drug manufacturing company that receives raw materials from Israel, in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday.
Palestinians claim that most of the medicines sent into Gaza are past their expiration date, Al-Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
"They're bringing more harm than good," the article explained, describing expired medicines and broken supplies sent by different countries and organizations.
RELATED:'Gaza blockade is legitimate'No need for aid flotillas, says BlairPM: Easing blockade hurts Hamas's PRMounir el-Barash, director of the donations department in Gaza's Ministry of Health told al-Jazeera that only 30% of the aid sent into the Gaza Strip is used.
Gaza officials also expressed anger at receiving burial shrouds for
children from Arab countries.
Israel eased its blockade in late June, allowing more civilian aid into
the Gaza Strip. Earlier this week, aid from the Libyan flotilla was
reportedly brought to Gaza.
The Defense Ministry’s coordinator of government activities in the
territories (COGAT) also gave initial approval to international
organizations for 31 construction projects in the Gaza Strip in July,
including medical clinics.