(SomaliNet) Israel has allowed aid goods to enter the Gaza Strip for the first time in two weeks. Thirty-three lorries carrying food and medicines were allowed to cross the border, apparently as a result of international pressure to resume aid supplies, without which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians could not survive.
Israel completely sealed off the Gaza Strip on 5 November in reaction to a flare up of rocket attacks on its territory.
Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met on Monday to discuss the slow progress of the peace process.
Mr Olmert has agreed to release 250 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture and to reinforce the Palestinian leader's position. A total of 11,000 Palestinians are being held by Israel.