The Israeli occupation authorities on Monday announced the complete closure of Karam Abu Salem the only commercial crossing connecting the Gaza Strip with the outside world until further notice.
Palestinian official Raed Fattouh said in press statements that the Israeli authorities declared that only medicines will be allowed entry into the coastal enclave when needed.
Karam Abu Salem is the only commercial outlet for the Palestinian people in Gaza who have been living under difficult economic conditions in view of the ongoing blockade and tightened restrictions on the entry and exit of goods.
The move came a week after the Israeli government decided to ban the export of goods through the crossing and reduce the number of trucks carrying goods to Gaza in response to the fire kites and balloons launched from Gaza toward neighboring Israeli settlements.
Since the start of the Great March of Return in Gaza Palestinian youths in response to Israeli crimes have launched dozens of fire kites and balloons toward Israeli settlements burning thousands of dunums of settler farmlands.
A spokesman for the Israeli army threatened to tighten sanctions on the Gaza Strip if Palestinian protesters continue to fly fire kites over the border fence and held Hamas responsible for all that is happening in the enclave.
