Israel to reopen Gaza crossings

[azurnoir]

Reports said the Israeli authorities had originally decided to reopen both the key crossing points.
But Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner was quoted by AFP as saying on Sunday morning that only Sufa would be reopened for the time being.

"Around 80 trucks filled with goods and humanitarian aid should be authorised to enter the Gaza Strip on Sunday," he added.

The Nahal Oz terminal for fuel shipments was reopened on Friday, while the Erez passenger crossing - used by diplomats, journalists and Gazans requiring medical care in Israel or abroad - remained open.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7479783.stm


Hopeful sign

[midnight]

1. This is wonderful...... Do you know how long it was closed?

[pelsar]

2. a couple of days...

and a few mortars fell on the nahal oz this morning.....as it was opened

[azurnoir]

4. Checked all three main Israeli papers

no mention of Nahal Oz, except that it was open. Kami was named as place where it probably happened by one of the three.

The decision was made following telephone security consultations between Barak, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai and intelligence officials from the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security service.

Meanwhile, the Israel Defense Forces' sensing equipment picked up the launch of a mortar shell from Gaza late Saturday, the military said, but it was unclear where it hit. No casualties or damage were reported, and no militant group took responsibility

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/997179.html

Israel reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Sunday to allow a trickle of goods into the territory, putting a rocky cease-fire back on course after Palestinian rocket fire last week led to a closure of the passages.

The Sufa cargo crossing was open Sunday morning and around 80 trucks were expected to cross during the day, said Ziad al-Zaza, the national economy minister in Gaza's Hamas government. More were expected to go through Monday, he said.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1214726149789&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShow

Palestinians fired a number of mortars Saturday evening toward the Karni crossing on the Gaza-Israel border. It remains unclear whether the shells landed in Israeli or Palestinian territory. No injuries or damage were reported in the attacks.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3561413,00.html

[pelsar]

6. corrected...

i was going by memory as i remembered from the morning news....

[Vegasaurus]

7. The Israelis reward the militants with aid and food

and "trading" dead bodies for murdering terrorists.

It is mind boggling how stupid they can be.

[azurnoir]

3. Kami and Sufa since Wednesday n/t

[LeftishBrit]

5. Good!