After weeks of tensions between Israel and Palestine, Israel has decided to reopen the main crossing with the Gaza Strip. As tensions ease between the two states, Israel will now be allowing thousands of Palestinian workers to enter the country and West Bank for the first time in nearly two weeks.

Israel has reopened a main crossing with the Gaza Strip, easing tensions and allowing thousands of Palestinian labourers to enter the country for the first time since it was sealed earlier this month.

Israel has reopened the main crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing thousands of Palestinian laborers to enter the country for the first time since it was sealed earlier this month.

According to local economists, the closure denied more than 18,000 Palestinians from being able to earn a living and deprived Gaza's economy of around US$2 million a day.

The crossing reopened on Thursday, after weeks of violent protests along Gaza's frontier with Israel where demonstrators have thrown explosives and rocks and launched incendiary balloons that sparked fires.

Israel reopened crossing points with Gaza on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian workers to get to their jobs in Israel and the West Bank, after nearly two weeks of closure prompted by violent protests along the border.