Israeli official Peter Lerner said the commercial goods crossings of Karni and Sufa and the fuel depot at Nahal Oz were reopened on Wednesday morning, after a day of calm on Tuesday (July 1). <br />He confirmed that for the first time in a year shipments of cement would be allowed into the Gaza Strip and said that humanitarian supplies and shipments of grain and of fuel would resume. <br />The Gaza official, Raed Fattouh, confirmed that the crossings of Karni and Sufa and the fuel depot at Nahal Oz were reopened and were operating on Wednesday morning. <br />Israel cut back sharply on the supply of goods into the Gaza Strip a year ago, after Hamas seized the territory from forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas's more secular Fatah faction. <br />Despite the re-opening of the crossings, Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said Israel was not fulfilling its commitments under the ceasefire.
