Ramallah, (Prensa Latina) Ten Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations filed a suit before the Israeli Supreme Court in protest for the cut in supply of fuel and electric power to the Gaza Strip.
Plaintiffs demanded a measure that prevents Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak from cutting off supplies to the Gaza Strip, as they consider these restrictions illegal because they put the life of the residents of the Gaza Strip in danger.
The measure was regarded as a collective punishment by the plaintiffs, who denounced it affects hospitals and dwellings.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved the cut last week in reprisal for rockets launched from the Gaza Strip.
Over the weekend, Israeli authorities started to reduce weekly deliveries of gas oil by 15 percent, and the diesel delivery by 13 percent, to which the suspension of electric power for 15 minutes in the areas where the attacks came from was added.
Two thirds of the power supplied to Gaza comes from Israel, where service was affected by nearly 20 percent during the attack of the Israeli Army (Tsahal) against the Gaza Strip, where the electric power plant was attacked with bombs.
The Israeli government ordered the closing of the border corridor of Sufa, in the south, leaving only one corridor opened (the Karen Shalom), bordering Egypt, for the delivery of humanitarian relief to the area.
With the taking of control of Gaza by the Islamic Resistance Movement, the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert blocked the border, including the terminal of Karni, used for merchandise transportation.
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