By Xinhua
Jerusalem : Israel decided to resume fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to a petition filed by human rights groups with the country’s High Court of Justice against the ongoing Gaza siege, local media reported.
According to a Jerusalem Post report, the amount of fuel supply by Israel will henceforth be in accordance to what was demanded by the High Court, which is 2.2 million liters per week.
However, the agreement to renew the fuel supplies did not satisfy the petitioners, who claimed that the above amount was not enough.
Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann on Sunday criticized the High Court for accepting the petitions.
“Sometimes I don’t know if Israel fares better in an international forum or in the High Court of Justice,” Friedmann was quoted as saying at the weekly cabinet meeting.
The State Prosecution warned that “if the rocket fire continues, we will consider limiting the supplies again.”
Nearly two weeks ago, Israeli government ordered to seal all the border crossings to and from the Gaza Strip for retaliation against dozens of rockets and mortar shells fired by Gaza militants at Sderot and the rural communities in the western Negev.
Since the closure, the Gaza fuel supply has reached critical levels.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flocked into Egypt on Wednesday to stock up on food and fuel in short supply after the Gaza-Egypt border fence was partially destroyed by Gaza militants.