GAZA (PIC)– The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday criticized the Israeli new penal measures on the Gaza Strip describing them as “unacceptable” and doubled the human suffering of the Gaza inhabitants.
The UN senior executive urged the Israeli government to re-consider the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and urged all parties concerned to protect Palestinian civilians.
For her part the EU commissioner for external relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner condemned the measures that affect the basic necessities of the Palestinians and warned of mass punishment against the Strip.
She underlined that the new penalties would lead to “serious consequences” on the local population.
A Russian foreign ministry statement said that the isolation and punishments would affect the inhabitants’ basic needs.
The organization of Islamic conference denounced the Israeli mass punishments and warned of its serious ramifications on the human and health fields.
The Israeli prosecutor general Mini Mazuz had refused his government’s decision to cut power supply to the Strip but approved other economic sanctions.
Official Palestinian sources asserted that Israeli fuel to the Gaza electricity station were slashed starting on Sunday along with diesel and benzene by a percentage reaching quarter to half the usual quantity.
