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Israel plans to allow building materials meant for private projects into the Gaza Strip for the first time in six years, an Israeli defense official said Tuesday. Gaza has been struggling with a shortage of building materials that has worsened since July, when the Egyptian military shut down many of the tunnels used to smuggle goods and weapons from Egypt into the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli official said that 350 trucks of cement, steel and concrete will cross into Gaza weekly. Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in 2007 after the militant group Hamas seized control of the territory. Israel began to ease the blockade in 2010 under international pressure, and further eased restrictions at the end of last year. Israel plans to allow building materials meant for private projects into the Gaza Strip for the first time in six years, an Israeli defense official said Tuesday. Gaza has been struggling with a shortage of building materials that has worsened since July, when the Egyptian military shut down many of the tunnels used to smuggle goods and weapons from Egypt into the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli official said that 350 trucks of cement, steel and concrete would cross into Gaza weekly. Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in 2007 after the militant group Hamas seized control of the territory. Israel began to ease the blockade in 2010 under international pressure, and further eased restrictions at the end of last year.