Goods flow into Gaza after commercial crossing reopened

Goods started flowing into the Gaza Strip Tuesday after Israel reopened the Palestinian enclave's only commercial crossing, a Palestinian official said. Rae'd Fatouh, the Palestinian National Authority's liaison officer at the crossing, said Tuesday that trucks are entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing without any obstacle. The crossing was opened on Monday for the first time in a week after Israel closed it in response to a rocket attack from Gaza. However, a dispute between Gaza's Hamas government and the transport company hampered the reception of goods at the Palestinian end of the crossing that day. Hamas has to put on hold its bid to replace the company assigned by Israel so that the long awaited goods can enter the largely blockaded Gaza Strip. Israel closed the crossing last week after a rocket fired from Gaza hit a road in southern Israel and caused some damages.