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Israel said on Monday it has expanded Gaza Strip's allowed fishing zone and will permit some imports and exports amid a lull in fighting between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel.
The zone open for fishing was expanded on Monday morning from 9 nautical miles (some 17 km) to 12 nautical miles (some 22 km), the office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Israel's military liaison to the Palestinians, said in a statement.
In addition, medical and fishing equipment, as well as raw materials for the textile industry could be imported from Israel via the Kerem Shalom Crossing, a passage for goods between Gaza and Israel.
Some agricultural produce and textile could be exported from Gaza to Israel, according to the statement.
Easing the restrictions comes "in light of the recent security calm and following a security assessment," the office said, adding it was made after approval by the political echelon.
The moves come amid a fragile truce with Hamas that ended an 11-day war in May, which claimed the lives of 256 Palestinians in Gaza and 13 people in Israel, according to figures by the health ministries in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
The coastal Palestinian enclave has been under a crippling Israeli and Egyptian blockade since 2007.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
