Cairo – Egypt: Gaza Truce Stipulates Immediate Opening Of Crossings

    9

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech during a special leadership meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 26 August 2014. Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip and Israel have reached a deal to end 50 days of fighting, Palestinian officials said on 26 August. Israel, which launched a military offensive against Gaza militants on July 8, has not confirmed the report.  EPA/ALAA BADARNEHCairo – Egypt said on Tuesday that a Gaza ceasefire that went into force at 1600 GMT provides for an immediate opening of Israeli border crossings to aid and reconstruction supplies.

    Join our WhatsApp group

    Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email


    Alongside a comprehensive ceasefire, the two sides agreed to the “simultaneous opening of the border crossings between Israel and Gaza to enable the rapid entry of humanitarian aid and relief and reconstruction supplies,” a foreign ministry statement said.

    The Egyptian-brokered deal also provides for the immediate extension to six nautical miles off the Gaza coast of the limit imposed by Israel on the territory’s fishermen.

    It foresees “continuation of indirect negotiations between the two sides on other matters within one month of the ceasefire taking effect.”


    Listen to the VINnews podcast on:

    iTunes | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Podbean | Amazon

    Follow VINnews for Breaking News Updates


    Connect with VINnews

    Join our WhatsApp group


    9 Comments
    Most Voted
    Newest Oldest
    Inline Feedbacks
    View all comments
    9 years ago

    Yawn same old story. So we will allow them to import “reconstruction supples” so that they can rebuild bigger and better tunnels

    9 years ago

    “to enable the rapid entry of humanitarian aid and relief” How will they verify that is all that is coming through?

    jack25
    jack25
    9 years ago

    Just to note: the. Intense fighting started rosh chosesh Av…. And today is Rosh Chodesh Elul just in time for the yeshiva boys!!!!

    radrad
    radrad
    9 years ago

    reconstruction supplies defined by whom? tents work just fine

    Conscience
    Conscience
    9 years ago

    Great just my israeli brethren
    Defy going back to your neighberhoods cause now it will be much easier for the vermin to strike you all , thanks to israeli warped and morally depraved leadership!

    9 years ago

    Notice how it states what hamass gets-the immediate opening of the borders, but no mention at all of what Israel gets. Telling indeed. Bibi must go. He’s proven to be an abject failure and is risking the lives of Israeli citizens and made those soldiers die in vain, all for a phony promise from hamass to stop shooting rockets,