As the Israeli military continues closure of Gaza's crossings for the third week consecutively, reports said Israel would reopen one of such crossings partially today. These news and more are coming up stay tuned.

Israeli media sources reported Monday that the Israeli military would reopen one of Gaza's crossings partially today to allow in some food assistance into the besieged Gaza Strip.

The sources reveled that the Kerem Shalom crossing would be reopened today as the Palestinian resistance factions agreed yesterday night to stopping homemade shells fire from Gaza into nearby Israeli towns.

The Gaza Strip lives a tight closure of commercial crossings for three weeks now, as humanitarian aid organizations have warned of an imminent crisis due to lack of essential goods, commodities and fuel.

In the meantime, the Israeli parliament is expected to convene today over the situation in Gaza, as the Israeli government considers extending the closure, while Israel's defense minister, Ehud Barak, warns of a large military offensive on the coastal territory.

At the political level, U.S Secretary of States, Condolleezza Rice , defended yesterday her outgping administration's failure to achieve peace between Palestinains and Israelis , based on a two-state solution by the end of this year.

Palestinian-Israeli negotiations witness a stalemate, since Washington has launched its Annapolis peace conference in November2007.


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