Topic: Kerem Shalom

Israel boosts Gaza freight flow as blockade eases

Reuters US Online Report World News - 599 days ago
KEREM SHALOM, Israel (Reuters) - Israelis at this fortified border crossing are preparing for a sharp increase in road shipments to Gaza, following a decision to loosen Israel's blockade of the Palestinian enclave.Israel's old rules banned everything it chose not ...

Israel drops warning leaflets over Gaza

AFP Global Edition - 764 days ago
Israeli planes on Thursday dropped thousands of leaflets over the Gaza Strip warning residents to stay clear from the border after Palestinian militants fired mortar shells into Israel.The letters, which were dropped over northern Gaza and Gaza City, warned residents not ...

Aid group calls for crossings crisis to be high on Mideast summit agenda

AP Features - 1687 days ago
The crisis of closed Gaza crossings and the resulting threat of shortages of food and other vital supplies should be high on the agenda of Monday's Mideast summit, an international aid group said.London-based Oxfam noted, for example, that there is ...