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聽eased its blockade of聽聽today, allowing a shipment of gravel for private construction into the Palestinian territory for the first time since聽聽seized control in 2007.

A Palestinian official with knowledge of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that ended eight days of fighting last month between聽听补苍诲听聽militants said the move had been expected as part of the deal.

"This is the first time gravel has been allowed into聽聽for the Palestinian private sector since the blockade," said聽, the Palestinian official overseeing the shipment of 20 truckloads of the material.

聽tightened the blockade after聽, an Islamist group that refuses to recognise the Jewish state, took power five years ago. But under international pressure,聽聽began to ease the restrictions in 2010 and has allowed international aid agencies to import construction material.

The gravel was transferred a day after聽聽allowed building material into聽聽through its Rafah crossing, departing from a six-year ban. It was part of a shipment donated by the Gulf Arab state of聽, which has pledged $400 million to finance reconstruction.

聽economists say nearly 70 percent of the enclave's commercial needs 鈥� including building material and fuel 鈥� were being met through shipments via聽聽and a network of smuggling tunnels running under the Egyptian border.

One Palestinian official said Israeli counterparts had promised "other building items" would be allowed into聽聽in the coming days.

"聽has promised to ease the blockade more if the truce continues to hold," said the official, who asked not to be identified.

Israeli Vice Prime Minister聽, speaking to reporters in聽, said more than 300 truckloads of goods have been moving from聽聽to the聽聽on a daily basis.

"They can have much more if they would like to," he said.