AhlulBayt News Agency - Raed Fattouh, chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, said on Friday that the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) suddenly stopped the entry of cement into the besieged Gaza enclave starting from Sunday.
Fattouh told Anadolu agency that the Israeli decision does not include the cement used in the reconstruction projects implemented by Qatar and UNRWA.
The undersecretary of the Palestinian Ministry of Economy in Gaza Hatem Uwaida said that the ministry monitors the qualities and quantities of commodities that enter the Gaza Strip including cement in order to maintain reasonable prices.
For his part, Mohammad Abu Jabbah, one of the big importers of cement into the Gaza Strip, said that the IOA limited the quantities of cement entered daily into the Strip from 5400 to 1800 tons, according to Quds Press.
MP Jamal al-Khudari, chairman of the popular committee against the siege, said that the Israeli decision is very dangerous because it means that hundreds of construction projects will be stopped and the reconstruction process would be hindered.
Israel waged an aggression on the Gaza Strip on July 07, 2014 that led to the martyrdom of 2320 Palestinians and entire demolition of 12,000 homes. The number of partially demolished houses reached 160,000 including 6600 uninhabitable units.
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