Palestinian officials complained to Israel and the international community about the non-delivery of mail to the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, Yosef al Mansi, the minister of communications in the Hamas-led government, called on the Universal Postal Union and international human rights groups to help end what he called Israel’s “postal blockade” of Gaza.
But Israel blamed the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah for the mail problem.
“The transfer of mail has been delayed recently due to the fact that a replacement has not yet been found for Sufian Abu-Zubda, the Palestinian Authority official responsible for mail transfer, who was arrested by the Israeli security forces,” the Media Line, a news agency, quoted a statement from the coordinator as saying. — jta