[Ha'aretz] Amos Harel - The Coordinator of Activities in the Territories, IDF Maj.-Gen. Yosef Mishlev, said Tuesday that the situation in the Gaza Strip was "difficult, but there is no hunger and there is no humanitarian crisis at this time." Mishlev specified the status of basic supplies in Gaza, noting that while there was a shortage of milk products and sugar, there were sufficient supplies of rice, flour, oil, and fuel. While there are currently several thousand Palestinians stranded on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza, Mishlev says that Israel has offered the Palestinians the option of opening the Kerem Shalom crossing instead of the Rafah crossing, which is currently closed. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas accepted the Israeli offer, but Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya rejected it.
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