Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing into the southern Gaza, six days after closing it after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state.
Following an Egyptian mediation, Israel agreed to deliver 900,000 liters of oil through the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow the only power station in Gaza run.
Palestinian trucks carrying supplies after they arrived in Rafah town through the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip, Rafah, Palestinian Territory,16/06/2010.
Israel decided to open the Kerem Shalom crossing in part to the introduction of goods and aid pumping large quantities of industrial diesel for the Gaza Power Plant, will also be pumping limited amounts of gas cooking.
Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom border crossing after day's of rocket fire to Israel from the Gaza strip. It was also decided to allow the continued flow of fuel to the Gaza Strip from Egypt via Kerem Shalom.
Following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said.PHOTO/ ABED RAHIM KHATIB
Israel easing a land blockade of the Gaza Strip that drew heightened international criticism after its deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Hamas-run territory. Rafah, Palestinian Territory. 17/06/2010.
The IDF has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing following rocket fire at Ashkelon. Rockets hit the outskirts of Ashkelon; Grad rockets also hit roads in the southern city's industrial zone for the first time since Operation Pillar of Defence.
Following the Israeli authorities' decision to allow some 20 passenger vehicles to be transported into the impoverished Palestinian territory, the first such shipment in more than three years, the military said. Rafah, Palestine. 20/09/2010
The Gaza Strip's Hamas government and the rival Palestinian Authority (PA) agreed to an Egyptian-brokered deal to end a fuel crisis that has caused daily power cuts in the territory, officials said.
Cows are seen aboard a truck transporting livestock, as it enters the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Gaza, Palestinian Territories. 11/11/2009.
Israel on Monday gave the go-ahead for the international community to import construction materials into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in an easing of its blockade that won cautious praise. Rafah, Palestinian Territory, 06/07/2010.
As Israel started easing its blockade in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory, a truck arrives loaded with fuel through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Rafah, Palestinian Territory. 11/07/2010.
Tony Blair said that he hopes additional easements on the Gaza blockade will be made within the next two weeks and that the gestures will give momentum to the relations between Israel and the Palestinians.Rafah,Palestinian Territory,22/06/2010.
Israel allows converting 100 million shekels in cash from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip, said the Director of crossings. The Kerem Shalom Israeli, is the only commercial crossing from which goods and fuel cross to the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian youths waving Palestinian flags in front of the Egyptian and the Egyptian embassy in Gaza City, in memory of the 16 Egyptian soldiers who were killed in an ambush by militants on August 5, at a checkpoint near the border with Israel.
Hamas militant stands guard near the Rafah Crossing through which Palestinian prisoners are being freed in a prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel. Rafah City, Palestinian Territory. 18th October 2011
Israel on high alert after Egypt crackdown on terrorists in the Sinai desert near the Kerem shalom border. Egypt lauds 'Sinai cleansing operation' Egyptian media outlets say operation against Sinai terrorists lasted 5 hours, coordinated with Israel.
Israel is on high alert after it thwarted a terror attack. 15 Egyptian policemen were killed in an armed attack on a police station in north Sinai Peninsula at a security checkpoint in Rafah.
Israel says it is allowing the largest shipment of construction materials into Gaza since its deadly raid on an international flotilla in May. PHOTO/ABED RAHIM KHATIB, Rafah, Palestinian Territory, 22/09/2010.
Thousands of Israelis join the parents of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit in the 'march for his life' from their home in Mitzpe Hila to the tent in front of Prime Minister Bibi Netanyhus residency in Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Israel. 27/06/2010
Israel allowed a shipment of cement and steel for a hospital of the Al-quds demolished in the war on Gaza, a Palestinian border official said. Rafah, Palestinian Territory,13/05/2010.
Israel allowed a shipment of wood and aluminium to enter the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for the first time in three years, according to a Palestinian official.Rafah,Palestinian Territory.04/15/2010.
Hundreds of Gaza factories idled by Israel's blockade are cranking up rusty machines to can tomatoes, mix concrete and press pills again now that Israel is allowing in raw materials for the first time in three years. Rafah, 28/07/2010.
After repeated delays in its delivery to the power-starved Palestinian Territory fuel is on its way to the Gaza electricity plant. 155,000 litres of industrial fuel arrived on the Palestinian side of the Karam Abu Salim crossing.
DMTX. Hamas policemen remove stickers calling for the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from boxes of aid supplies on trucks upon there arrival in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.
Israel allowed a shipment of clothes and shoes for Palestinian traders into the Gaza Strip on Sunday for the first time in its almost three year blockade of the Hamas-controlled enclave. Rafah,Palestinian Territory. 04/04/2010.
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