Return to normal in sight in the Gaza Strip.

This Monday morning, fuel trucks entered this territory, after the entry into force of a truce between the Islamic Jihad and Israel after three days of hostilities which claimed the lives of 44 Palestinians in Israeli strikes on the enclave.

An AFP reporter saw trucks of fuel entering the Kerem Shalom goods crossing in the southern Gaza Strip.

On Saturday, Gaza's only power plant was shut down due to a fuel shortage.

Resumption of rail traffic

The crossings between the Jewish state and the Gaza Strip, closed Tuesday by Israel, were reopened "for humanitarian needs on Monday", announced in a statement the Cogat, the body of the Israeli Ministry of Defense which supervises civilian activities in the Palestinian Territories.

"The return to routine will be based on developments in the situation and if security is respected," the statement added.

After this truce negotiated by Egypt, a historic intermediary between Israel and the Palestinians, the Jewish state also announced the resumption of rail traffic in the area close to the Gaza Strip and authorized its citizens living in the villages bordering the Gaza Strip. Palestinian enclave to leave the shelters.

A fragile truce

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office said the truce would come into effect at 11:30 p.m. local time, while stressing that his country "reserves the right to respond strongly to any violation".

In Gaza, where it is based, the Islamic Jihad confirmed that it "would cease hostilities" from that time, but also warned that it reserved "the right to respond to any (new) aggression" Israeli.

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