Israel did not increase fuel shipments it allows into the Gaza Strip as an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire enters its 10th day, a Palestinian official said on Monday.
Mahmoud al-Khozendar, deputy director of the petrol stations owners union in Gaza, said the fuel shipments sent to Gaza Monday were even less than that before the ceasefire took hold.
On Monday, the Palestinian side received 200,000 liters of vehicle diesel, 250,000 liters of industrial diesel for power stations and 100 tons of cooking gas, al-Khozendar said, adding that no gasoline was pumped into Gaza.
Israel reduced fuel supplies to Gaza since last September, three months after Hamas took control of the territory, in an effort to deter Palestinian armed groups from firing rockets into southern Israel.
Easing the blockade is part of the truce agreement which came into effect in Gaza on June 19. It does not apply to the West Bank.
On Sunday, Israel gradually reopened Gaza border crossings and allowed truckloads of fuels and goods into the Gaza Strip, Hamas security sources and witnesses said.
Israel closed all Gaza crossings last week after Gaza militants fired several homemade rockets at southern Israel in retaliation for the killing of one of its West Bank leaders, violating the Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and the Palestinians.
Source: Xinhua
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