Exports from Gaza to Israel – already limited and controlled by a years-long blockade – were halted on Monday evening after the Israeli army claimed it had stopped an attempt to smuggle explosives.
The army said that exports would resume following an investigation. As many as 200 lorries a month leave Gaza, mostly carrying agricultural produce to the Israeli occupied West Bank, departing through the Kerem Shalom crossing.
The number of vehicles able to leave Gaza has fluctuated sharply, particularly in times of conflict, after the imposition of the blockade in 2007, when militant group Hamas took control of the densely populated enclave.
Officers from the Defence Ministry, which controls crossings between Israel and Gaza, “detected several kilograms of high quality explosives, hidden within a clothing delivery" on board three lorries at the Kerem Shalom crossing, the army said.
Army chief of staff Herzi Halevi, with approval from Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, ordered the halting of “commercial deliveries from Gaza to Israel, allowing security adjustments to be made at the crossing”.
“Deliveries will resume in accordance with subsequent situation assessments,” the army added.
Israel “will not allow terror organisations to take advantage of civilian and humanitarian facilities for terror purposes”, it said.
The Kerem Shalom crossing is the only point of entry for goods between the enclave and Israel.
Monday's development comes at a time of raging tensions in the occupied West Bank.
Violence from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has surged and killed at least 225 Palestinians this year.
Thirty-two Israelis, a Ukrainian and an Italian have also died, according to an AFP tally based on official sources on both sides.
They include, on the Palestinian side, combatants as well as civilians and, on the Israeli side, three members of the Arab minority.
Defined benefit and defined contribution schemes explained
Defined Benefit Plan (DB)
A defined benefit plan is where the benefit is defined by a formula, typically length of service to and salary at date of leaving.
Defined Contribution Plan (DC)
A defined contribution plan is where the benefit depends on the amount of money put into the plan for an employee, and how much investment return is earned on those contributions.
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How to wear a kandura
Dos
- Wear the right fabric for the right season and occasion
- Always ask for the dress code if you don’t know
- Wear a white kandura, white ghutra / shemagh (headwear) and black shoes for work
- Wear 100 per cent cotton under the kandura as most fabrics are polyester
Don’ts
- Wear hamdania for work, always wear a ghutra and agal
- Buy a kandura only based on how it feels; ask questions about the fabric and understand what you are buying
Stats at a glance:
Cost: 1.05 billion pounds (Dh 4.8 billion)
Number in service: 6
Complement 191 (space for up to 285)
Top speed: over 32 knots
Range: Over 7,000 nautical miles
Length 152.4 m
Displacement: 8,700 tonnes
Beam: 21.2 m
Draught: 7.4 m
Our legal advisor
Rasmi Ragy is a senior counsel at Charles Russell Speechlys, a law firm headquartered in London with offices in Europe, the Middle East and Hong Kong.
Experience: Prosecutor in Egypt with more than 40 years experience across the GCC.
Education: Ain Shams University, Egypt, in 1978.
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