APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, ،Rafah - 23 August 2021. Trucks loaded with goods and fuel enter the Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, ،Rafah - 23 August 2021. Trucks loaded with goods and fuel enter the Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. 0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Ahmed Muslim, Director of the National Economy Office at the Kerem Shalom Crossing. STORYLINE: Israel on Thursday allowed the shipment of cement into the Gaza Strip, for the first time since the conflict in May, Palestinian sources said. The sources at the Palestinian side of the Israel-controlled commercial crossing of Kerem Shalom said that three trucks carrying cement for building projects funded by international organizations entered the Gaza Strip on Thursday. On the same day, Israel also allowed trucks loaded with glasses and aluminum to enter Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israel had banned the entry of the construction materials into Gaza since the May 10-21 conflict with Gazan militants, during which more than 250 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed and a large number of buildings in Gaza were destroyed. On Tuesday, the Palestinian Presidential Committee for the Coordination of Goods said in a statement that Israel informed it that the Palestinians can import and export different kinds of goods and products starting from Thursday. "The Israeli side allowed the entry of cement into the Gaza Strip for the private sectors that are related to reconstructing humanitarian projects only funded by international organizations," the statement said. Footage by Ashraf Amra / APAwire
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