Israeli defense ministry said Wednesday evening that it will reopen the border crossings with the Gaza Strip Thursday, allowing goods to enter the Hamas-ruled enclave.
The Jewish state shut down the gateways on Tuesday in response to two rockets fired from the coastal territory, which landed in Western Negev but caused no damage or casualties.
Rocket attacks have become rare since an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire took effect on June 19, which calls on both sides to stop cross-border violence and requires Israel to ease its blockade on the strip.
To the sporadic rocket attacks that have happened, Israel has been responding by temporarily closing its border crossings, halting the flow of supplies for the some 1.4 million Palestinians living in the poverty-stricken coastal area.
Source:Xinhua
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