The deposed Hamas government in Gaza lashed out at Israel on Wednesday over Israeli Bank Hapoalim's decision to disconnect all banking ties and arrangements with the banks in the Gaza Strip.
Ahmed Yousef, advisor to Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haneya, told reporters that "It violates the international law which forces Israel to provide all means of life to the people it occupies."
"The decision is part of the desperate Israeli attempts to push the people in Gaza to go on demonstrations against Haneya government," Yousef said.
He said that there would be Arabic and international interventions to prevent putting the decision into effect.
Yousef, however, said the move "will not affect the work of the Palestinian government there."
"The (Hamas) government can adjust itself to deal with all circumstances, pressures and illegal procedures by the Israeli occupation," he said.
Bank Hapoalim, the largest private Israeli bank, said on Tuesday it was severing all ties with banks in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after the Israeli government called the territory a hostile entity.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fired Haneya government in mid June after Hamas routed Abbas forces in Gaza and took over the coastal strip.
Abbas appointed a Western-backed government ruling from the West Bank and left Hamas confined to the Gaza Strip.
Source: Xinhua
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