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UN aid chief sees 'promising signs' of Gaza access via Israel crossing

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UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths says that he saw promising signs that the Kerem Shalom crossing from Israel into the Gaza Strip might be opened soon to allow aid in. "We're still negotiating, and with some promising signs at the moment, access through Kerem Shalom... that that may be able to open soon," Griffiths told a press conference in Geneva. IMAGES

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