Israel allows 350 trucks into Gaza

Israeli occupation authorities today partially opened the Karam Abu Salem crossing for the entry of 350 trucks loaded with humanitarian aids and goods into Gaza. Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza Strip Raed Fattouh said that the Israeli side allowed the entry of 350 trucks loaded with aids and goods for commercial, agricultural and transportation sectors, including ten trucks loaded with cement, 48 trucks loaded with gravel for UNRWA projects, 34 trucks loaded with gravel for Palestinian Water Authority and 35 trucks loaded with gravel for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) projects. Quantities of industrial diesel for Gaza power plant, transportation fuel and cooking gas will be pumped through the crossing, he added. Karam Abu Salem is the only commercial crossing through which goods and fuel enter the Gaza Strip and the occupation authorities close it on Friday and Saturday of each week. Source: QNA