By Xinhua
Gaza : Almost all petrol stations in Gaza were shut down on Sunday as Israel continued to cut the oil supply to the Hamas-controlled region.
Continued oil shortages will pose a threat to hospital generators and ambulances in Gaza, said Muawiya Hassanin, the region’s head of emergency services.
The move “will affect all aspects of civilian life and threatens to delay and to paralyse transport, ambulances and factories, thus putting hundreds of people in danger,” Hamas government spokesman Taher al-Nono said in a statement.
Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June this year after fighting against forces loyal to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Since then Israel has begun to impose a blockade on the region.
On Sept. 19, Israel’s Security Cabinet declared the Gaza Strip a “hostile entity,” and further tightened the blockade.