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Demonstrations organised by a Zionist NGO blocked aid convoys from entering Gaza on Thursday in the latest in a series of disruption to Gaza aid.
Israeli media initially claimed that the EU would contribute to repairing the Kerem Shalom crossing, used to transfer goods to Gaza.
On Monday, Abu Selmia was released with more than 50 Palestinians via the crossing of Kerem Shalom in the southern region of the besieged coastal enclave.
In a press statement, the Palestinian Civil Affairs said, "The Israeli authorities informed us that they will seal off the West Bank and close the Erez border, which passengers and the commercial crossing of Kerem Shalom use."
Palestinian businesses had warned that shutting the Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel would trigger a 'humanitarian catastrophe' in the besieged coastal enclave.
It is the first time for Egyptian wheat to be imported to the Gazan mills, mainly as their owners used to get all their wheat from Israeli through the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Erez crossing for people and the Kerem Shalom crossing for goods reopened on Sunday morning, according to a spokeswoman for COGAT.
The Kerem Shalom crossing will be partially reopened on Tuesday, Israeli defence minister Avigdor Lieberman has said.
Israel will cease transferring gas and fuel through the Kerem Shalom crossing until next Sunday following clashes with Hamas.
Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing – the only commercial terminal with Gaza – to everything except essential humanitarian supplies.