以色列同意放松对加沙地带的封锁，允许更多人道援助进入哈马斯控制区。
政府发言人马克·雷格夫说，星期四批准的这一计划将允许更多的商品抵达加沙, 并在国际监督下的扩大民用工程材料的供应。他说，可以用来制造武器的材料仍属禁运范畴。
约旦河西岸的哈马斯和对立的巴勒斯坦领导人都驳斥了以色列的行动，认为这还远远不够。约旦政府发言人表示同意这一立场。
以色列军队上个月拦截一支援助船队，并打死其中一艘船上的九名亲巴勒斯坦的活动人士之后，受到强大的国际压力，要求其结束封锁。
美国中东特使乔治.米切尔目前在中东地区，努力恢复巴、以之间的和谈。
Israel has agreed to ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip and allow more humanitarian aid into the Hamas-ruled territory.
Government spokesman Mark Regev says the plan approved Thursday will allow more goods to reach Gaza and expand the flow of supplies for use in civilian projects under international supervision. He says materials that could be used to make weapons will still be banned.
Both Hamas and the rival Palestinian leadership in the West Bank dismissed the Israeli action, saying it does not go far enough. A Jordanian government spokesman echoed that position.
Israel came under intense international pressure to end the blockade after its forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month and killed nine pro-Palestinian activists on one of the vessels.
U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell is currently in the region in a bid to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.