被禁數年 巴勒斯坦人收到'遲來'的郵件

Palestinian postal service employees are working overtime to sort through some 10 tons of letters and packages blocked by Israel for up to eight years, Palestinian officials said.

巴勒斯坦官員近日表示，該國郵政員正在加班分揀被以色列扣留長達8年、寄往巴勒斯坦的約10噸的信件與包裹。

The parcels, dating from between 2010 and this year, had been prevented by Israel from entering the West Bank via Jordan but were released in a one-time deal, the officials said.

巴方官員稱，這些包裹寄件日期從2010開始到今年，此前以色列一直禁止這些包裹經約旦運入約旦河西岸，但最近一次性放行。

COGAT, the Israeli defense ministry body responsible for civilian coordination in the Palestinian territories, said the release was part of confidence building measures after the two sides agreed on a postal entry deal "about a year ago".

以色列國防部負責巴勒斯坦領土平民事務協調的部門COGAT稱，這次放行郵件是以巴雙方約一年前達成郵件准入協議後，建立互信的措施之一。

Ramadan Ghazawi, an official at the sorting center in Jericho, said the parcels and letters, mostly the former, had been sent from all over the world.

傑里科郵件分揀中心的官員拉馬丹·加扎維表示，這些包裹和信件，主要是包裹來自全球各地。

He said it would take his staff another two weeks to sort through all the parcels and get them delivered to their recipients.

他表示，員工完成所有包裹的分揀和投遞還需兩週時間。

Many were goods ordered online by Palestinians that never arrived.

許多包裹是巴勒斯坦人網購的商品，但一直未送達。

Some of the transferred goods had been broken, and Ghazawi said that to avoid complaints they were delivering them along with a statement saying Israeli authorities had delivered them in this condition.

一些轉運的貨物已經損壞，加扎維稱，爲了避免投訴，他們在運送這些貨物的同時還發表了一份聲明，稱以色列當局在提供給他們貨物時就已經是這種情況了。