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O 281458Z JUN 07
FM AMCONSUL JERUSALEM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8212
INFO RUEHXK/ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY

UNCLAS JERUSALEM 001349 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
NEA FOR FRONT OFFICE; NEA/IPA FOR 
WILLIAMS/SHAMPAINE/BELGRADE; PRM FOR PDAS GREENE AND 
PRM/ANE; NSC FOR ABRAMS/WATERS; TREASURY FOR 
SZUBIN/LOEFFLER/NUGENT/HIRSON; BRUSSELS FOR LERNER; PLEASE 
PASS TO USAID FOR KUNDER/MCCLOUD/BORODIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
SUBJECT: LIMITED HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE TO MOVE 
THROUGH GAZA CROSSINGS 
 
REF: JERUSALEM 1317 
 
¶1.  (SBU) Summary:  Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Sufa 
crossings were open to select humanitarian and commercial 
shipments June 28, as operations at the crossings remains ad 
hoc given the fluid security situation.  ICRC transferred 17 
sick and injured patients out of Gaza June 28.  End summary. 
 
 
Crossings Operating Ad Hoc 
-------------------------- 
 
¶2.  (SBU) WFP Spokesperson Kirstie Campbell told Econoff that 
WFP shipped 10 truck loads of wheat-flour through Sufa 
crossing on June 28.  According to Campbell, Kerem Shalom 
crossing opened on June 28 for 27 truck loads of commercial 
products, but no humanitarian shipments, per her sources at 
the Israeli side of Kerem Shalom. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) PIEDCO General Manager Nedal Ismail told Econoff 
that Karni/al-Mintar crossing opened for wheat shipments on 
June 28.  Ismail said that PLO Chief Negotiator Erekat 
directed that two former crossing employees return to 
Karni/al-Mintar June 28 to manage the receipt of the wheat 
shipments.  This is the first movement through 
Karni/al-Mintar since Hamas took control in Gaza. 
 
ICRC Meets With Haniyah 
----------------------- 
 
¶4.  (SBU) ICRC Director Katharina Ritz told Econoff June 28 
that she and her team met with former PM Haniyah on June 27 
to discuss on-going ICRC operations in Gaza.  Ritz said that 
she received Haniyah's assurances that Hamas would continue 
to support ICRC's operations in Gaza.  Ritz said that 17 sick 
and injured patients were transferred from Gaza hospitals to 
those Israel, Jerusalem, and the West Bank on June 28. 
 
Increasing Through-Put 
At Kerem Shalom Crossing 
------------------------ 
 
¶5.  (SBU) Current through-put at Kerem Shalom has been 
limited to an estimated 25 truckloads per day.  WFP's 
Campbell told Econoff that through-put at the crossing could 
be increased to an estimated 100 trucks per day if the paved 
surface where Palestinians pick-up cargo was expanded from 
100 to 400 square meters, creating additional space to load 
more trucks. 
WALLES