Coca-Cola began construction on its first plant in Gaza on Monday, as the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories allowed nine trucks with production equipment to enter the coastal enclave. The factory, which will take three years to build at a cost of $20 million, will stand in the Karni industrial zone and is expected to initially employ 120 people, but eventually create 1,000 jobs, including those that sprout up indirectly around the factory.