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The charge, which mimics those already in place in major European destinations, would cover hotels, B&Bs, self-catering accommodation and rooms and properties let through websites such as AirBnB.

Trucks let through from Israel must be unloaded and the cargo reloaded onto trucks in Gaza, but no workers in Gaza can get to the facility to do so because it is too dangerous, the U.N. says.

On the other side, visible through the gaps in the towering barrier, a group of more than 100 people - from countries including Ecuador, Colombia, China and Rwanda - huddled together, waiting to be let through on to US soil.

Most were let through, but a couple of teenagers were stopped and taken into a van.

Five San Francisco 49ers fans were the first let through the gates.