Israel reopens Gaza border crossing as ceasefire holds

13.04.2011                      09.Nisan, 5771

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Israel reopens Gaza border crossing as ceasefire holds

The border was closed for seven days during a violent flare-up in which Hamas militants fired an anti-tank rocket at a school bus, critically wounding an Israeli teenager, and Israel retaliated with air raids, killing 19 Palestinians.

Israel reopened a commercial crossing with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday that was shut for seven days, as a lull in cross-border fighting continued, an Israeli spokesman said.
Israel had closed the Kerem Shalom crossing during a violent flare-up in which Hamas militants fired rocket and mortars at south Israel, shooting an anti-tank rocket at a school bus. The rocket critically wounddc an Israeli teenager, and Israel retaliated with air raids, killing 19 Palestinians….