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Israel lifts its restrictions and allows small quantities of construction materials into the Gaza strip.Israel announced that some raw materials would soon be allowed to flow to Gaza's shuttered factories. Materials like steel and cement, which Israel says can be diverted for use by the territory's ruling Hamas militants, would be allowed to enter only for international aid projects. And Gazans will still remained largely confined to their tiny territory.A top Israeli military official for the Gaza region, said Israel would ease its ban on raw materials for Gaza's devastated manufacturing sector, but also said there were no plans to allow Gaza factories to begin exporting on a large scale. The sanctions on the manufacturing sector have forced hundreds of factories to close and cost tens of thousands of jobs.
