(AFP) The UN is ready to check imports of construction material sent to Gaza in order to ease Israel's concerns that supplies could be used to rebuild Hamas tunnels, UN Mideast envoy Robert Serry told the UN Security Council on Monday. "Construction material must be allowed into Gaza...[but] their access to Gaza must be facilitated in such a way that fulfills Israel's security concerns," Serry said. "The United Nations stands ready to lend its support in this regard."
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