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Israel to relax some Gaza restrictions, as ceasefire diplomacy continues
[IsraelTimes] Israel allows export of agricultural products, textiles through Kerem Shalom crossing; Paleostinian official says mail, including passports, to be allowed into the Strip.

The Israeli government will relax some restrictions on goods and mail entering and leaving the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip, after a tight ban since last month’s round of fighting, Israeli and Paleostinian officials said on Sunday night.

After a security meeting Sunday, a decision was taken by the politicians to allow agricultural and textile exports from the Strip from Monday morning, defense officials said.

Agricultural goods would be allowed for export to the Paleostinian Authority in the West Bank and overseas, but not to Israel. However,
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textiles would be allowed into Israel following a specific request from an Israeli textile company that works with suppliers in Gaza, the officials said.

The goods would be allowed through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Paleostinians said they had been informed of additional restrictions being lifted.

"The Israeli side informed the Civil Affairs Commission, a short while ago, that mail is allowed to enter and exit the Gaza Strip... after a ban that lasted more than a month and a half," Saleh al-Ziq, a senior Gaza-based official in the Paleostinian Authority Civil Affairs Commission, said in a statement.

Al-Ziq added that Gazooks stuck abroad since the 11-day escalation between Israel and the Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, terror group would now be allowed to reenter the enclave via the Erez Crossing from Israel.

Exports of clothing and food to Israel and the West Bank would also recommence, he said.

The Paleostinian official said that passports held by Israeli mail would be released. Around 5,000 authorized travel documents are currently being held in Ramallah, waiting to be sent to their owners, the Haaretz daily reported last week.

According to al-Ziq, the Paleostinian coordination body was told that the change in policy would go into effect on Monday morning.

During the recent round of fighting between Israel and Hamas in May, Israel shut down all the crossings with the Gaza Strip. Only a few exceptions were made for specific aid convoys to enter the coastal enclave during the fighting. Gaza-based terror groups bombarded some of the convoys, wounding one Israeli soldier, the Israeli military said.

Since the 11-day escalation, a few restrictions have been eased. Gazooks seeking medical care were allowed to leave the enclave for treatment in hospitals in Israel and in the West Bank.

But Israel still maintains tight control over goods, including mail, that enter and leave the Strip. Defense Minister Benny Gantz has said that Israel will not permit a full reconstruction of Gaza — with the influx of materials that would entail — without the return of two Israeli civilian captives and the bodies of two Israeli soldiers currently held by Hamas.

Hamas, for its part, has rejected any connection between the reconstruction of Gaza and a potential prisoner exchange with Israel.
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