JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would reopen its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to an Egyptian request, reversing an earlier decision to close them after a Palestinian mortar attack. "In response to a special request by the Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, Defence Minister Ehud Barak agreed to open the crossings at noon (10 a.m. British time)," a Defence Ministry statement said. Under a truce brokered by Egypt on June 19, militants in the Gaza Strip are required to halt rocket and mortar fire in return for Israel gradually lifting a blockade of the coastal territory. An Israeli official had announced earlier on Tuesday that all but one of Israel’s border crossings with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip would be shut because of a mortar bomb attack launched from the area on Monday....
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