Karni crossing

The Karni Crossing (Arabic: معبر كارني or معبر المنطار; Hebrew: מעבר קרני) was a cargo terminal on the Israel-Gaza Strip barrier located in the north-eastern end of the Gaza Strip was used for the export and import of goods to and from Gaza from 1994 to 2011. This was done as a 'back-to-back' transfer, meaning that Palestinian products meant for export were removed from a Palestinian truck and placed in an Israeli truck, and vice versa for incoming goods. The Karni Crossing was also used by the residents of Netzarim, since the Karni road was the only route to that isolated Israeli settlement on which Jewish travel was allowed after the 1994 implementation of the Oslo Accords. The crossing has been affected by the Israeli Blockade of the Gaza Strip. In March 2011, Israel permanently closed the Karni Crossing. In December 2022, the last remaining structures of the crossing were demolished by the Israeli military in order to complete the Gaza–Israel barrier. According to the management, the crossing was named after Joseph Karni, an Israeli who had set up a modern packing warehouse in the Gaza Strip near the present-day cargo terminal shortly after Israel captured the strip in 1967. The Palestinians called it Al-Montar, after the nearby Tell Ali Muntar.