RAMALLAH, December 24, 2025 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Ministry of National Economy has strongly condemned the recent measures upheld by the Israeli authorities to restrict the supply of essential goods and basic commodities to the Gaza Strip to only an exclusive group of vetted private sector companies.

In a statement, it said these measures cause the deliberate exclusion of the Palestinian-West Bank private sector companies from delivering essential goods to the Gaza Strip. It added that these violation come as part of Israel’s systematic policy in creating monopolistic supply channels, reflect high prices on consumers, thus further deepening the existing economic shock and undermining the right of Palestinians to life’s basic necessities.

The Ministry emphasized that such actions form an unprecedented escalation aimed to dismantle the foundations of Palestinian economic life and constitute a clear violation to the recent UN General Assembly resolution, the international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and other trade and existing agreements. 

The Ministry of National Economy called for the international community and the international organizations to take immediate, concrete and effective measures to appeal to the Israeli authorities and demand immediate allowance of Palestinian national companies to exercise their natural and legal right to supply essential goods to our people in the Gaza Strip, to increase access of humanitarian aid to Gaza and to respect its obligations as per the international law. Under no pretext should the basic humanitarian needs be subject to political bargaining

 Y.S