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TRUCKING IN TROUBLES * Israel to reopen second Gaza crossing for trucks
* Vehicular restriction for trucks in South
--- Minister of Transport issues prohibition for trucks and large vehicles on the roads leading south to Gaza, Monday morning and afternoon... As of Monday morning there will be prohibited movement for trucks and large vehicles on the roads leading south to Gaza, effective in the morning and afternoon, in order to increase the safety of local drivers and residents... The limitation approved by the Minister of Transport and Road Safety MK Yisrael Katz (Likud), will prohibit said vehicles from the main roads leading to the Kerem Shalom border crossing in Gaza, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m... During the hours of restriction, trucks and large vehicles will be permitted to park in one of the provided lots, until they are permitted to resume driving...
(Photo: Trucks with food supplies enter Gaza through Kerem Shalom) -- Tel Aviv, Israel - Arutz Sheva, by Arutz Sheva Staff - 2 May 2016
* The border could be closed again in the event of Palestinian attacks
--- Israel plans to reopen a second border point for commercial traffic into the Gaza Strip, an official said on Monday, a step in gradually easing the blockade imposed on the Palestinian enclave since 2007... The decision to allow trucks through the Erez terminal, on Gaza’s northeastern tip, was taken in recognition that a truce that ended the 2014 war against Hamas is holding, the official said... Israel says its blockade prevents the movement of militants and stops construction materials that could be used by Hamas to make bunkers and tunnels. Palestinians there say they are under siege and are unable to rebuild homes destroyed by Israeli bombing... Israel halted commercial traffic through Erez in 2000, after a Palestinian revolt erupted, and only passengers transit has been allowed since... The official said the decision was mainly aimed at reducing pressure on the sole crossing point currently handling commercial traffic, Kerem Shalom in southeastern Gaza, as well as reducing truck traffic on Israeli roads leading to it... Erez will eventually handle at least half of the around 600 trucks that go through Kerem Shalon daily, the official said... Asked whether the new measure could herald an overall increase in exports to Gaza, the official said, “No problem, to the degree that it depends on us,” meaning that the border could be closed again in the event of Palestinian attacks...
Tel Aviv, Israel - incyprus - 2 May 2016
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