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Israel reopens Gaza crossings
Israel reopened its border crossings with Gaza on Wednesday and was expected to let in supplies of cement for the first time in a year, an Israeli official and a Palestinian official in the territory said.
- Agencies
- Published: 10:54 July 2, 2008
- Image Credit: Reuters
- Israeli rescue workers survey the scene of the bulldozer attack in Occuppied Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Occupied Jerusalem: Israel reopened its border crossings with Gaza on Wednesday and was expected to let in supplies of cement for the first time in a year, an Israeli official and a Palestinian official in the territory said.
An Israeli official said the borders of Karni and Sufa and the fuel storage point at Nahal Oz had been reopened on Wednesday morning after no rockets were fired on Tuesday.
"We opened the crossing after there were no rocket firings on Tuesday and we hope it will remain this way," the official said.
Goods will now be able to move across the commercial border into the blockaded territory, a day after Israel resealed the crossings on Tuesday.
He added that for the first time in a year shipments of cement would be allowed into the Gaza Strip and said that humanitarian supplies and shipments of grain and of fuel would resume.
A Palestinian official confirmed the reopening and said operations at the borders had restarted.
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