In an interview with the Safa news agency, Abdel Ati stressed that 80 percent of the Gaza population depends on humanitarian aid from abroad to survive.

The move adopted by Israeli President, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, will increase suffering, hunger, and poverty there, he underscored.

He denounced such arbitrary decisions entail a collective punishment policy aimed at stifling the Palestinians economically and humanely.

The activist noted that suspending aid and closing the crossings caused an increase in food prices in the markets.

Israel halted the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza on Sunday, a few hours after the end of a 42-day ceasefire.

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