Government Media Office
*Press Release No. (1052) issued by the Government Media Office:*
*Regarding the Israeli occupation's tightening of restrictions on the entry of spare parts and industrial oils and their disastrous repercussions on the humanitarian reality in the Gaza Strip*
The Government Media Office condemns in the strongest terms the continued imposition by the Israeli occupation of severe and systematic restrictions on the entry of spare parts of various types and industrial oils necessary to operate electric generators, in addition to preventing the entry of "koshok" for vehicles and means of transportation, in a blatant and deliberate violation aimed at disrupting the components of civilian life. And services in the Gaza Strip.
These policies form part of the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, represent a clear violation of the rules of international humanitarian law, especially with regard to protecting the civilian population and ensuring the continuity of basic services, and amount to internationally prohibited collective punishment.
These measures have a direct and dangerous impact on the human reality, as the transportation sector is witnessing a state of almost complete paralysis as a result of the ban on the entry of tires and spare parts, which hinders the movement of citizens and limits their ability to reach hospitals, workplaces and shelters, and deepens the state of internal isolation and daily suffering.
Preventing the introduction of industrial oils and spare parts for electric generators and cars threatens to stop alternative energy sources, especially in hospitals and medical centers, which portends catastrophic repercussions on the lives of patients, especially in intensive care departments and operating rooms, in light of the collapse of the basic electricity system.
These restrictions lead to widespread disruption in vital sectors, including transportation, relief, and municipal services, which exacerbates the humanitarian and economic crisis, raises poverty and unemployment rates, and increases the suffering of more than 2.4 million people living in unprecedented tragic conditions.
Due to these criminal policies, citizens in the Gaza Strip have been forced to resort to primitive and unsafe means of transportation, such as animal-drawn carts, or what is known as "hasty vehicles", in a scene that reflects the extent of the sharp deterioration in living conditions and the blatant violation of human dignity.
The continuation of these measures, which have extended since the beginning of the genocidal war that lasted for nearly two and a half years, reflects the deepening of the crisis and the dangerous accumulation of its effects, and portends an almost complete collapse of the system of daily life, and the occurrence of a complex humanitarian catastrophe that exceeds the local capacity to respond.
*Therefore, we emphasize the following:*
✒️We condemn in the strongest terms these inhumane punitive measures committed by the Israeli occupation.
✒️We hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the serious repercussions resulting from these dangerous measures.
✒️We call on the international community to take urgent action to assume its legal and humanitarian responsibilities, and to put pressure to stop these policies immediately.
✒️We call on the mediators and the guarantors and sponsors of the agreement to exert effective pressure on the occupation to open the crossings and ensure the unrestricted entry of spare parts, industrial oils, and all basic supplies.
✒️ We affirm that the continued international silence regarding these violations exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe and provides the occupation with cover to continue its policies that directly target civilian life.
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✦ *Government Media Office*
✦ Gaza Strip - Palestine
✦ Tuesday, March 24, 2026
*Regarding the Israeli occupation's tightening of restrictions on the entry of spare parts and industrial oils and their disastrous repercussions on the humanitarian reality in the Gaza Strip*
The Government Media Office condemns in the strongest terms the continued imposition by the Israeli occupation of severe and systematic restrictions on the entry of spare parts of various types and industrial oils necessary to operate electric generators, in addition to preventing the entry of "koshok" for vehicles and means of transportation, in a blatant and deliberate violation aimed at disrupting the components of civilian life. And services in the Gaza Strip.
These policies form part of the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, represent a clear violation of the rules of international humanitarian law, especially with regard to protecting the civilian population and ensuring the continuity of basic services, and amount to internationally prohibited collective punishment.
These measures have a direct and dangerous impact on the human reality, as the transportation sector is witnessing a state of almost complete paralysis as a result of the ban on the entry of tires and spare parts, which hinders the movement of citizens and limits their ability to reach hospitals, workplaces and shelters, and deepens the state of internal isolation and daily suffering.
Preventing the introduction of industrial oils and spare parts for electric generators and cars threatens to stop alternative energy sources, especially in hospitals and medical centers, which portends catastrophic repercussions on the lives of patients, especially in intensive care departments and operating rooms, in light of the collapse of the basic electricity system.
These restrictions lead to widespread disruption in vital sectors, including transportation, relief, and municipal services, which exacerbates the humanitarian and economic crisis, raises poverty and unemployment rates, and increases the suffering of more than 2.4 million people living in unprecedented tragic conditions.
Due to these criminal policies, citizens in the Gaza Strip have been forced to resort to primitive and unsafe means of transportation, such as animal-drawn carts, or what is known as "hasty vehicles", in a scene that reflects the extent of the sharp deterioration in living conditions and the blatant violation of human dignity.
The continuation of these measures, which have extended since the beginning of the genocidal war that lasted for nearly two and a half years, reflects the deepening of the crisis and the dangerous accumulation of its effects, and portends an almost complete collapse of the system of daily life, and the occurrence of a complex humanitarian catastrophe that exceeds the local capacity to respond.
*Therefore, we emphasize the following:*
✒️We condemn in the strongest terms these inhumane punitive measures committed by the Israeli occupation.
✒️We hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the serious repercussions resulting from these dangerous measures.
✒️We call on the international community to take urgent action to assume its legal and humanitarian responsibilities, and to put pressure to stop these policies immediately.
✒️We call on the mediators and the guarantors and sponsors of the agreement to exert effective pressure on the occupation to open the crossings and ensure the unrestricted entry of spare parts, industrial oils, and all basic supplies.
✒️ We affirm that the continued international silence regarding these violations exacerbates the humanitarian catastrophe and provides the occupation with cover to continue its policies that directly target civilian life.
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✦ *Government Media Office*
✦ Gaza Strip - Palestine
✦ Tuesday, March 24, 2026
