Israel reopens people, goods crossings to Gaza after lull Lorries cross the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip after Israel opened the country's goods and people border crossings with Gaza, just four days after shuttering them following a Palestinian rocket attack that sparked retaliatory strikes. The move followed efforts to prevent an escalation in ongoing violence that has raised fears of a new war between Israel and the Palestinian territory's Islamist rulers Hamas. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES