Despite offices of the PM and Defense Minister stating there is “no instruction to open Erez crossing for goods,” the IDF has spent recent days preparing to open it on September 1, under heavy American pressure and with National Security Council approval.
Southern Command and the Defense Ministry built roads and renovated the crossing under U.S. CMCC supervision in Kiryat Gat. Germany’s Undersecretary of Defense inaugurated a new scanning facility at Erez last Friday, purchased by Berlin.