Israel loosens restrictions on trade, travel from Gaza
Israel is reopening the Erez pedestrian crossing to merchants and businesspeople after closing over coronavirus concerns last year.
For the first time in more than a year, Israel will allow 1,350 Palestinians merchants and businesspeople to enter from the Gaza Strip, the military said Friday, citing the relative calm observed along the border region.
Beginning Sunday, “1,000 merchants and 350 senior Gazan businesspeople” will be allowed into Israel “in light of the preservation of security stability,” said COGAT, the branch of the Israeli defense ministry that handles civil affairs in the Palestinian territories .
