By NNN-SPA,
Ramallah : The Israeli army shut down a shopping centre that houses more than 70 stores in the northern West Bank city of Nablus Tuesday, as it pressed on with a campaign against Hamas’ civil and social infrastructure in the West Bank.
The Israeli military also shut down five more institutions in the northern West Bank city.
On Monday, Israel had already closed down an Islamic girls school, a sports club, a clinic and a mosque run by Hamas.
In related development, Egypt has asked Israel to reopen border crossings with the Gaza Strip, which were closed Tuesday after Palestinians violated a 3-week-old truce.
Israel agreed to the request, which appeared to be an attempt to prod forward the cease-fire, which was designed in part to ease Israel’s crushing blockade of the coastal
strip.
In so doing, it suggested it might stop automatically closing the crossings in response to every truce violation. None of the attacks has caused serious injuries.
Passages were expected to be opened around midday Tuesday, the Israeli defense officials said.
So far the truce has not eased conditions in Gaza because of the frequent closures.
Egypt mediated the truce because Israel has no contacts with Hamas.