Two of the Israel/Gaza terminals will open on Thursday, what will likely be the final day of crossings operations for the week, Palestinian liaison officials were informed early the same morning.
Crossings officer Raed Fattouh said he was told to expect approximately 130 truckloads of goods, including 5 truckloads of plastic pipes for the coastal waters, one truckload of goods for the power authority, one truckload of cement for aid agencies and 2 truckloads of iron girders and gravels.
Fattouh said much of the construction was for repairs to the Al-Quds Hospital, in the southern Gaza City neighborhood of Tel Al-Hawa, which was severely damaged when Israel ground forces entered the Gaza Strip in the second week of January. Fighting focused for several days on the middle and upper-middle class neighborhood, as Israeli troops effectively cut the Strip in two with a large military presence, with reports of direct fire on civilians fleeing the hospital where hundreds had sought refuge.
The goods for the reconstruction project will enter at the southernmost crossing, Kerem Shalom, along with limited quantities of domestic-use gas and industrial diesel, Fattouh said.
Via the only crossing equipped for bulk goods transfer, Fattouh said 118 truckloads of wheat and animal feed will enter at Karni, located just south of Gaza City.
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