Israel Closes Damaged Gaza Border Crossing

Israel Closes Damaged Gaza Border Crossing
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones at Israeli troops during a protest ahead of the 70th anniversary of Nakba, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank May 11, 2018. Reuters/Mohamad Torokman
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GAZA–Israel closed a main border crossing with the Gaza Strip and destroyed a Hamas insurgent tunnel on Saturday, a day after renewed violence between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces on the edge of the coastal enclave.

Dozens of Palestinian demonstrators had broken into the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom terminal, the main conduit for goods in and out of the territory, on Friday. They set alight a pipeline that delivers gas from Israel, torched a conveyor belt and damaged a fuel pipe.