Occupation fully closes Gaza crossings

Days of Palestine, Gaza Strip –Israeli occupation closed on Monday Erez and Kerem Shalom border crossings into Gaza, citing “security reasons.”

Only few hundred truckloads of aids and very few numbers of passengers, mainly patients are allowed into and out of the Gaza Strip.

The closure came shortly after Israeli airstrikes hit several targets in the coastal enclave, following a rocket attack on Saturday night that an extremist Islamist group, made by Israeli and US intelligence, claimed responsibility for. No injuries were reported on either side.

Palestinian Authority’s director of border crossings, Nazmi Muhanna, confirmed that the Israeli occupation had notified them on Sunday morning of their decision to close the crossings.

The Kerem Shalom commercial terminal normally operates five days a week, Sunday to Thursday, and closes on the weekend, Friday and Saturday.

Even when the crossings are open, however, movement of goods and people is severely restricted as part of a crippling Israeli military blockade in place since 2007.

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