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Israel keeps pedestrian crossing with Gaza closed after three rocket attacks
The Erez crossing is the only border crossing to Gaza managed by Israel
April 24, 2022 11:17
The Erez crossing is the only border crossing to Gaza managed by Israel
April 24, 2022 11:17The Israeli government has announced the temporary closure of Gaza's only pedestrian crossing after a series of rockets were fired into southern Israel.
Israeli officials said that the Erez crossing would remain shut this Sunday after it was due to reopen following the end of the Pesach holiday in Israel. Crossings in both the West Bank and Gaza are routinely shut during Jewish holidays.
Young men ride a vehicle at the Palestinian Authority (PA) side of the Erez Crossing in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, on April 23, 2022. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP)
The Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said in a statement: “Following the rockets that were fired toward Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip last night [Friday], it was decided that crossings into Israel for Gazan merchants and workers through the Erez Crossing will not be permitted this upcoming Sunday.”
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