Zionist entity re-imposed a blockade of fuel supplies to Gaza on Thursday, Israeli Defense Ministry said.
“[Israeli] Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman ordered to ban for an indefinite period the transportation of petroleum and gas via the Kerem Shalom check point to the Gaza Strip from now on [August 2]. The decision has been taken in connection to the continued arson terrorism and clashes on the border,” the ministry said in a statement.
Occupation authorities already imposed a blockade on fuel deliveries to Gaza on July 17 but lifted it a week later.
Tel Aviv says the fire kites have sparked hundreds of fires since April and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage.
Palestinians in Gaza have been launching fire kites into occupied territories in a new act of resistance against continuous Israeli aggressions.
Mass protests for the return of Palestinian refugees to their land which has been occupied by the Zionists began along the border on March 30. At least 157 Palestinians have been martyred by Israeli fire. One Israeli soldier has been killed.
The coastal enclave suffers from a severe lack of electricity and relies on fuel-powered generators during outages that last hours at a time.
Occupation authorities controls all access to and from the besieged territory apart from a single crossing with Egypt which has been only rarely opened.
UN officials have called repeatedly for the blockade to be lifted, citing deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the territory, where some 80 percent of the two million population depend on aid.
Source: AFP
