As part of the truce agreement, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah will join UN envoy Robert Serry and Israel’s Major General Yoav Mordechai, to oversee all transfers of materials into the Gaza Strip, Channel 2 reports.
The three will constitute a committee that discusses all shipments entering the coastal enclave, it reports. Prior to the campaign, Mordechai and Serry supervised the transfers.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah speaks during a press conference following the first cabinet meeting of the new Palestinian unity government in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 3, 2014. (photo credit: Abbas Momani/AFP)
The TV report indicates that the representatives will have to detail exact quantities of materials needed for construction, to ensure that cement and other building materials are not used to build cross-border tunnels into Israeli territory.
If the agreement is violated and cement is not used for its specified purpose, the deal will be called off and the materials will no longer be allowed into the enclave, it reports.
In addition, Israel is set to coordinate that all money transfers into the Gaza Strip go through PA President Mahmoud Abbas.
Meanwhile, the Erez crossing is said to open as the truce terms go into effect.
#BREAKING – #Gaza: Erez border crossing into #Israel reopens as first step in ceasefire agreement implementation
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