Gaza blockade continues, Israel opens one crossing

Ma'an
Southern Gaza's Kerem Shalom crossing will be opened for 86 truckloads of aid entering the Gaza Strip including limited amounts of cooking oil, crossings official Raed Fattouh said.

.....According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), last week Israel allowed in only one fifth of pre-siege supplies, mostly food and hygiene items. No reconstruction materials were permitted into the Strip last week.

Last week Israel continued its siege of Gaza by sea, with six recorded incidents in the last week of Israeli naval vessels opening fire on Gaza fishing dinghies.

In the south, Egypt continues its construction of a sub-surface border wall, extending ten kilometers long and 25 meters deep, in what it says is an effort to stop the smuggling tunnel trade. Full story