Xinhua News Agency, May 14, a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Ministry said on the 14th local time that the Erez and Kerem Shalom crossing points from Israel to the Gaza Strip had been reopened on the same day. The Government's Territorial activities Coordination Office under the Israeli military announced on the morning of the 14th that Erez reopened at 8: 00 that day, Kerem Shalom at 11:00, and the fishing area off the Gaza coast reopened that morning. The crossing points have been closed since the Israeli army launched Operation Shield and Arrow against the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jihad) in the Gaza Strip on May 9.