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Israel’s only goods crossing with Gaza to partially reopen Tuesday:
minister
JERUSALEM, July 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Israel will partially reopen its only
goods crossing with the blockaded Gaza Strip later Tuesday, a minister said,
after closing it July 9 over border tensions and kites carrying firebombs to
burn Israeli farmland.
“Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman decided that Kerem Shalom will
partially reopen and as of today at 12:00 pm (0900 GMT) it will be possible
to transfer gas and fuel into the Gaza Strip, in addition to food and
medicine,” Lieberman’s office said.
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