<span style="color: #222222;">Israel reopened its crossings with the blockaded Gaza Strip today after having kept them closed for nearly a week following a rare long-distance rocket strike from the Palestinian enclave. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A defence ministry unit that oversees the crossings, said, the Erez crossing for people and the Kerem Shalom crossing for goods reopened this morning.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">They were closed on Monday after the rocket fire that wounded seven Israelis and led to Israeli retaliatory strikes across the Gaza Strip. The reopening also comes after tens of thousands of Palestinians protested along the Gaza border with Israel yesterday.</span><br />