Jerusalem, March 10 -- Hamas political bureau member Izzat al-Risheq called Israel's decision to cut off electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip "cheap blackmail" and a "blatant violation" of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.
On Sunday, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said that he had ordered an immediate cutoff of electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip as part of a move to pressure Hamas to release more hostages.
"The occupation's decision of cutting off electricity supplies, closing the crossings, blocking the entry of aid, relief and fuel, and starving our people are an insistence of the collective punishment, amounting to a full-fledged crime," al-Risheq said in a statement on Telegram, calling it a "desperate attempt to int...