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| Kerem Shalom Border Crossing Closed After Mortar Fire |
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07 January 2010 , 18:57
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| Humanitarian aid transferred through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Archive Photo: IDF Spokesperson |
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The crossing will be closed until further notice due to the firing of at least 9 mortar shells from the Gaza Strip at Israel
The border crossing used for cargo transfer in Kerem Shalom has been closed today due to the firing of mortar shells. According to an announcement issued by the Ministry of Defense, the crossing will be closed indefinitely until further notification.
Israel Army Radio reports that on Thursday (Jan. 7) Palestinians fired nine mortar shells from the Gaza Strip to Israel, four of which were fired with the same rocket launcher, at approximately 7:30 am, followed by two additional mortar shots. All of the shells were fired in the direction of Kerem Shalom, and detonated in open land near residential areas of the border crossing next to the town. In each incident no one was wounded and no damage was caused. In the afternoon three more mortar shells were fired, hitting open land west of the Negev desert. No one was wounded.
It was also reported that earlier in the day officials in the Gaza Strip were heard saying that Israeli Air Force airplanes were distributing warnings calling for the Palestinian residents in the border area to take precautions with the possibility of an Israeli response to the mortar fire. The IDF has confirmed this, and Israeli security forces have not ruled out the possibility that the mortar fire was a response to Egyptian steps taken to prevent smuggling into the Gaza Strip, and the refusal to allow humanitarian aid trucks waiting in Egyptian territory to enter.
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