Israel reopened the only crossing on the border it controls between Jordan and the West Bank today to allow aid trucks for Gaza after nearly three months of closure, Israeli and Palestinian officials tell AFP.
Israel closed the crossing after a Jordanian truck driver shot dead an Israeli soldier and a reserve officer at the border in September.
The crossing in the Jordan Valley reopened to travelers a few days later, but not to humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip, which has been devastated by more than two years of war.
“The Allenby crossing was open today and trucks are going from the Allenby crossing to Gaza,” says a spokesperson for COGAT, the Defense Ministry body that oversees civilian affairs in the West Bank and Gaza.
A Palestinian official speaking on condition of anonymity confirms that the crossing was opened.
Yesterday, 96 trucks carrying materials for the production of cement were allowed to pass through the crossing, the official says.
Today, a further 20 trucks of humanitarian aid entered, and tomorrow, more are expected to be allowed in for the construction sector, the official adds.
Israel said yesterday that the crossing would reopen today to aid.
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