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UN aid chief sees ‘promising signs’ on opening of new crossing to Gaza

The opening of Kerem Shalom would boost humanitarian operations in Gaza [File: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths has said the Karem Abu Salem crossing, known as Kerem Shalom in Israel, between Israel and Gaza could soon be opened to allow more humanitarian aid to be delivered to the war-torn Palestinian territory.

“We’re still negotiating,” Griffiths told reporters in Geneva on Thursday. “There are promising signs now that that may be able to open soon.”

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