Israel allows building material into Gaza

Israel allowed 14,000 tonnes of building material into war-devastated Gaza yesterday, the defence ministry said of the largest single shipment since a July-August conflict ended in the blockaded territory. COGAT, the coordinating body for Israeli government policy in the Palestinian territories, told AFP that some 354 trucks passed through the Kerem Shalom goods crossing in the southern Gaza Strip carrying "construction materials", without elaborating.