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The
Karni Crossing () is a
cargo terminal on the
Israeli Gaza Strip barrier. It is located in the north-eastern end of the
Gaza Strip and was built in
1993 in order to allow
Palestinian merchants to export and import goods. The Karni Crossing was also used by the residents of
Netzarim since the Karni road was the only route to that isolated
Israeli settlement on which
Jewish travel was allowed after the 1994 implementation of the
Oslo Accords. Unlike the
Erez Crossing, which is managed by the
Israel Defense Forces, Karni is managed by the
Israel Airports Authority.
During the ongoing
al-Aqsa Intifada, the Karni terminal has been attacked several times by Palestinian militants in either mortar attacks or frontal infantry assaults,
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) forcing temporary shut-downs for repairs and enhancement of security procedures. Both Palestinians and Israelis have been killed in these attacks. As a passage point between Israel and the Gaza Strip, the Karni crossing has been used for hostile activities by armed forces from both sides. Palestinian militants have used the Karni terminal to smuggle
suicide bombers and
explosive belts into
Israel, the most notable successful suicide attack being in the
Port of Ashdod bombing
(External Link). Israel also uses the crossing to transport tanks,solders and artillery into Gaza.
In 2006, the Israeli authorities closed the crossing for over 100 days, after the discovery of vast tunnelling from across the border to underneath the facility, meant to be filled with explosives and detonated. From September 2006 to June 2007, the crossing has been open daily save some brief closures due to Palestinian
labour strikes.
The Karni Crossing was used for 'back-to-back' transfer in which merchandise and produce for the Israeli market or for export overseas is removed from a Palestinian truck and placed in an Israeli truck, or vice versa for incoming goods.
When
Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, much of the equipment on the Palestinian side was destroyed, and the terminal was closed by the Israeli authorities ever since. The previous operators, who were affiliated with Fatah, have fled to the West Bank. Hamas has offered to bring Fatah back to Karni or hire a Turkish company to operate the Palestinian side, but Israel persistently refused to deal with Hamas, the de-facto authority in the Gaza Strip. On 25 June 2007, the UNWRA coordinator commended the IDF on moving humanitarian shipments to the secondary
Kerem Shalom and
Sufa crossings, and hoped that Karni could be reopened soon as part of a longer-term solution.
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