The Egyptian authorities Saturday (January 5th, 2013) allowed the entry of building materials and equipments for the Qatar financed projects into Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing after two-day stop.
Maher Abu Sabheh, Hamas’s director of the crossings, said that 20 trucks loaded with construction materials from Qatar for the reconstruction of residential neighborhoods and road construction in the Gaza Strip entered the Palestinian territory after Egypt and Qatar settled the issue of border-crossing fees.
Abu Sabheh said that the entry of the materials resumed after the Qatar’s officials agreed to pay the border-crossing fees to the Egyptian authorities.
The entry of building materials into Gaza Strip stopped on Thursday after the Qatar’s officials refused to pay 100 Egyptian pounds (about $16 dollars) per truck.
The Palestinian official said that 174 trucks loaded with cement, iron, gravel and some equipment entered through Rafah since Egypt allowed the entry of the materials via the Rafah crossing last Saturday.
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