Raed Fatouh, chief of coordinating goods entrance into Gaza told Xinhua that "the Israeli occupation authorities reopened Kerem Shalom crossing point to allow around 74 trucks loaded with humanitarian aids and fuels into Gaza."
He added that "Israel has also allowed Gaza farmers for the first time to export trucks loaded with strawberries from the Gaza Strip to the outside world, in addition to one truck loaded with flowers."
Israel had decided to let Gaza farmers to export all their produces of flowers and strawberries for this season that ends in May 2010. It is the first time that Israel allows export from Gaza since Hamas seized control of the enclave in 2007. Last week, 30,000 flowers were exported from Gaza to Europe.
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