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112.ua: Israel closes checkpoint for people on Gaza Strip’s border

By 112.ua.

Published Aug. 19, 2018 at 2:36 pm

A picture taken on March 13, 2018 shows one of the cars of the Palestinian Prime Minister's convoy that was hit by an explosion being towed away to the Gaza strip Erez crossing, in Beit Hanun, the northern access point into the coastal Palestinian territory.

Photo by AFP

Israel has closed the checkpoint for people on Erez crossing with Gaza Strip. Deutsche Welle reports this with a reference to the words of the Representative of the Israel Ministry of Defense.

It is noted that since now the Ezer crossing can only be used for the transport of humanitarian aid and medical assistance. For people, it is closed for an unknown period of time.